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

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 ...

New advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming the way scientists explore and understand some of the most ...

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

New advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are transforming the way scientists explore and understand some of the most ...

As recently as the 1990s, when the Greenland Ice Sheet and the rest of the Arctic region were measurably thawing under the ...

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

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

The Antarctic is a harsh and unforgiving climate for many, though there is no shortage of important biological activity ...

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

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