Ocean Currents Off South Africa Influence Gulf Stream
Monday, December 1, 2008 - 12:49
in Earth & Climate
Variations in the strength of the Gulf Stream can in part attributed to currents off South Africa. Oceanographers developed a computer model to study the currents systems in unsurpassed detail. To their surprise, they found the impact of small-scale fluctuations of the Agulhas Current south of Africa is detectable all the way into the North Atlantic Ocean.