Antarctica’s sea ice hit an all-time winter low in 2023, and new peer-reviewed research links the drop to a combination of storm activity and unusually warm ocean conditions, while also documenting ...

The journey had taken him 8 meters (26 feet) beneath the surface, where sunlight filtered through the Arctic ice and fish swam around a rock formation. It’s a remote place few will ever see, ...

Cycles in the growth and decay of Antarctica's ice sheets once shaped marine biological productivity thousands of miles away ...

UW–Madison researchers show a 40,000-year obliquity cycle in Antarctic ice growth altered Southern Ocean nutrients, boosting ...

A sediment core spanning millions of years and new modeling studies point to significant ice retreat under temperatures ...

Sea ice around Antarctica expanded for several decades until a dramatic decline in 2015. The reasons behind this are revealed ...

Since 2016, Antarctic sea ice extent has been declining sharply – now scientists are piecing together how strong winds and ...

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water that attack the ice from below. These secretive currents, spinning in the ...

Global warming is on a very ominous trend that has never happened throughout human history, according to a recent study in Geophysical Research Letters.

The first shark ever documented in Antarctic waters was captured on camera at 1,600 feet deep in near-freezing temperatures. Associated Press/Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre Associated ...

Scientists are hoping to better understand how the warming ocean is affecting the Weddell seals' diving and foraging behaviour.