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 ...

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

A team of scientists analyzed 23 snow samples and found chemical substances commonly used in our daily routines. The mystery: how did they get there?

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

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

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.

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

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 ...