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 ...

Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be triggered with very little ocean warming above present-day, leading to a devastating four meters of global sea level rise to play out over hundreds of ...

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

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

Most mid-ocean ridges lie in temperate or tropical seas, so the Arctic version has remained poorly mapped ... active area called Jøtul hydrothermal field. (C) AUV-based bathymetry of the Jøtul ...

Glacial troughs in Antarctica promote mixing of warm and cold water, affecting global climate. A new study explores whether ...

Note the distinct clustering of Southern Ocean sites (Maxwell Bay and South Bay) compared to all Greenlandic (Arctic) sites. The angles between arrows show positive (0°), negative (180°) or no ...

That's perhaps to be expected, given Russia's territorial stake in the region: Russia spans 53% (or over 22,990 miles) of the Arctic Ocean coastline, and out of its population of around 146 ...