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

The frigid waters that surround Antarctica may be inhospitable to human inhabitance, but they are churning with the manmade ...

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

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

Current climate models have so far been unable to adequately reproduce the clouds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

Researchers found ancient river-carved plains beneath East Antarctica that may help slow ice loss and improve sea-level rise ...

Scientists link Antarctic record sea ice loss to an unexplained spike in ocean salt levels, raising concerns about ocean stability.

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

A frozen river system lost to time may hold the key to Earth’s survival — and it's hiding in plain sight under the Antarctic ice sheet.

Scientists call for better protection of Antarctica’s vulnerable seafloor ecosystem as ship traffic increases around the continent.

Coming across a hole in the Antarctic that is larger than Maryland might well be cause for concern. In 2016 and 2017, ...