Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.

At the bottom of the world lies a region as magnificent as it is misunderstood: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Harsh, ...

She also aims to enhance the precision of very high-resolution satellite imagery for monitoring Adélie penguin colonies in ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet—sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and ...

Learn about the new technique being used to study cracks that have formed on Antarctica's unstable Doomsday Glacier.

A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink ...

Traditionally, melting sea ice is expected to freshen ocean surface waters, as freshwater from the ice dilutes the salty sea.