The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn't mean it is tranquil. Tumultuous waves that can ...

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 ...

New findings about ocean processes in the Antarctic show melting ice shelves and changes to sea ice could have catastrophic ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that helped release long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Deep-sea ...

While Antarctic meltwater drives rising sea levels, models show it also delays greenhouse gas-induced warming. That’s because ...

December 2025 / Kiel. A study by an international team involving the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel shows that the expansion of Antarctic Bottom Water during a major warming phase ...

Our ocean float spent years adrift in the Antarctic ocean and beneath massive ice shelves. What it found will help us ...

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 ...

A robotic float, 'Argo', reveals the present state of affairs of the Denman and Shackleton ice shelves in East Antarctica.

A research expedition in the Southern Ocean has mapped a string of seamounts that help to shape the Antarctic Circumpolar Current — an ocean current that flows clockwise around Antarctica. When you ...

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” ...