The Antarctic, or Southern, Ocean is the world’s least-explored and least understood. But a team of scientists in land-locked Boulder has recently made a discovery that may lead to a better ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

An Argo ocean float was lost in the Antarctic for months under the Denman and Shackleton ice shelves, and it returned with ...

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.

Over two and a half years, the robot traveled more than 300 kilometers beneath the Denman and Shackleton Ice Sheets. It ...

Antarctica faces abrupt, irreversible climate changes as warming nears 1.5 °C, threatening ice, oceans, ecosystems, and ...

This undated image shows chunks of ice in the North Cove in Antarctica. (Michael Shortt/British Antarctic Survey via AP) (CN) — A saltier, warmer ocean likely sounds inviting — unless you’re a penguin ...

Deep ocean water in the Antarctic is heating up and shrinking, with potentially far-reaching consequences for climate change and deep ocean ecosystems, according to a report. “Antarctic bottom water” ...

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The oceans play an important role in the earth’s climate; they transport heat from equator to pole, provide moisture for rain, and absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Ocean models, such as this ...

Antarctic sea ice recently reached an all-time record wintertime low, scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced. The mark was set "by a wide margin," the center said in a release ...