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

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

Antarctica has hidden beneath its great mantle of ice and snow an impressive geological feature among many other things. This ...

Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica has been called the 'Doomsday Glacier' due to the catastrophic impact it could have on the ...

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

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

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting ...

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

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.

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...