Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing ...

New underwater footage reveals how anchors and chains from ships are damaging the Antarctic seafloor and its marine life.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is one of the most dynamic regions of the Antarctic continent. Much of its bed lies below ...

Researchers have discovered dozens of new methane seeps littering the ocean floor in the Ross Sea coastal region of ...

Climate models suggest that climate change could reduce the Southern Ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2). However, ...

Scientists discovered that Antarctic seabirds use teamwork, scent, and sight to find food together efficiently.

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it ...

Off the coast of Antarctica, the sea ice retreated toward the southernmost continent and, like a bottle cap taken off a soda ...

Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting ...

Between 800,000 and 430,000 years ago, Earth went through a series of fairly gentle warm-ups that scientists are now calling ...

A new study reveals that melting Antarctic sea ice could release massive amounts of trapped carbon dioxide, potentially ...

All along the western Antarctic Peninsula, whales, penguins and seals in their millions depend on krill (Euphausia superba) ...