Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

Antarctic sea ice began to change rapidly in 2015 and 2016. Since then it has remained well below the long-term average.

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Science Media Centre. Fresher, cooler surface waters had helped sea ice expand for more than thirty years, but the new satellite data shows this reversed a decad ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback loop.

The Russian official — until recently in charge of the firm that has stitched together vast maps of South Pole hydrocarbons — is helping negotiate Putin’s ‘scientific’ interests at the prestigious ...

A team of scientists studying the Denman Glacier has uncovered several strange creatures living on the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean.

Caption: Maritza Castro and other researchers react with excitement at images being picked up by a remotely operated vehicle along the Antarctic sea floor. (Alex Ingle/Schmidt Ocean Institute) ...