As a result, the diameter of the Weddell Gyre has decreased, and the flow speed of the water masses has increased. Because of these two factors, more heat from the Circumpolar Current is ...

They found that in 2016 and 2017, the Weddell Sea's circular ocean current, called the Weddell Gyre, was stronger than in other years, making it easier for underwater currents to bring salt and ...

However, soon afterwards it became caught up in a circling current called the Weddell Gyre. By the following summer, it had travelled 155 miles (250km) north along the Peninsula coast.

The Weddell Gyre, an ocean current, had strengthened during this period, bringing deeper layers of warmer water to the surface and softening the ice from beneath. While this process contributed to ...

More than 90 percent of icebergs calving from Antarctica follow a broadly similar path: they enter the Weddell Gyre, are propelled northward along the Antarctic Peninsula, and cross the Drake ...

More than 90 percent of bergs around Antarctica enter the clockwise-flowing current of the Weddell Gyre off East Antarctica and eventually escape, shooting north along the Antarctic Peninsula and ...

We found a new mechanism involved in the formation of the Maud Rise polynya which involved the interaction of the Weddell Gyre jet with the seamount." During the winters of 2016 and 2017 ...

Scientists identified it as a polynya. The Weddell Gyre, storms, and atmospheric rivers contributed. Warm water melted the ice from below. Ekman transport also played a role. The hole refroze in ...

Weddell seals are exceptional divers that can reach depths of more than 900 meters (2,952 feet) with some dives lasting 96 minutes— well beyond their aerobic threshold. New research from the ...