Beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth—a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the ...

Melting ice from West Antarctica once delivered huge amounts of iron to the Southern Ocean, but algae growth did not increase as expected. Researchers found the iron was in a form that marine life ...

Coinciding with the entry into force of the High Seas Treaty, U.K.-based conservation nonprofit Sustainable Markets ...

Scientists studying ancient ocean sediments discovered a surprising link between the shrinking of West Antarctica’s ice and the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide.

The Antarctic, or Southern, Ocean is the world’s least-explored and least understood. But a team of scientists in land-locked Boulder has recently made a discovery that may lead to a better ...

The first icefish was discovered in 1927, swimming in the frigid waters of the southernmost extreme of the Earth, the ...

Melting ice in West Antarctica releases unusable iron, weakening the Southern Ocean's ability to absorb CO2. Find out how ...

Bottom a) temperature (°C) and c) salinity (psu) from the observational climatological mean on the continental shelf over 1975–2012 based on ref. 72 and in the abyss over 1955–2017 based on the World ...

BREAKING THE ICE: The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a luxury cruise ship after it became trapped in the dense Antarctic ice. The ...

Isolated from the rest of the world by massive oceans and harsh weather conditions, Antarctica has become a habitat for ...

The Antarctic region is one of the most pristine wildernesses left on the planet. However, it is facing a number of threats, such as overfishing, pollution and climate change. WWF is working in this ...