A new study highlights the key role the Southern Ocean plays in the Earth’s climate system. Around 12,000 years ago, the last Ice Age drew to a close, global temperatures climbed, and the early ...

For over 150 years, Earth's oceans have absorbed more than 90 percent of excess heat from greenhouse gases, providing what ...

Scientists trace ancient deep-sea changes in the Southern Ocean to explain how rising CO₂ helped warm Earth after the last ...

This year’s ozone hole over Antarctica ranked among the smallest since the early 1990s, reflecting steady progress from ...

In one of the most extreme environments on Earth, a New Zealand Navy musician is finding inspiration, and battling brutal ...

Unfortunately, one million endangered species could become extinct. On World Wildlife Day, learn who is at risk and how to ...

Weathered rocks sitting above the ice hold iron concentrations up to ten times higher than earlier reports from elsewhere in ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that ...

If your family wants a gentle introduction to Antarctic wildlife, the South Shetland Islands are the perfect first stop. With ...

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The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that ...