As the planet's oceans are gradually warmed by the effects of climate change, a huge area in the North Atlantic stands out as ...

A small detail has major consequences. Researchers make stunning discovery about the Arctic that could impact entire globe: ...

Parts of the Atlantic Ocean are again much warmer than normal, priming Europe for more extreme heat this summer.

Researchers reveal a dynamic geologic past for Antarctica’s Transantarctic Mountains, uncovering ancient mountain-building ...

To this day, no sailor has been able to successfully circumnavigate the Arctic Circle on their own, let alone in one season.

For the first time, Antarctic krill have been found on seafloor vents. One scientist is working to figure out what they are ...

Arctic sea ice extent in May declined at a slightly faster pace compared to average. In Antarctica, the Bellingshausen Sea ...

This Arctic landscape has no modern equivalent, the team says; it is neither boreal forest, as is found in modern Scandinavia, nor temperate forest, but instead a unique mix. They found traces of ...

Beneath the Arctic’s frozen darkness, scientists have encountered rare black smokers in a place where they were never ...

Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be triggered by very little ocean warming above present-day, leading to a ...