The Southern Ocean absorbs nearly half of all ocean-stored human CO2, but its future role is uncertain. Despite models ...

Climate models suggest that climate change could reduce the Southern Ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2). However, ...

Oceanwide Expeditions has announced that its 2025-26 Antarctic cruise season has begun with the company's first voyage of the ...

Climate models have long predicted that global warming would weaken the Southern Ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2). Yet decades of ...

Our new study set out to understand what happens to large pieces of floating plastic once they enter the ocean. We developed ...

New advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming the way scientists explore and understand some of the most ...

Antarctica’s ice, ocean, and ecosystems are approaching tipping points that could trigger irreversible global impacts.

From the waters of an Arctic archipelago all the way to the Southern Ocean and marine waters in between, these photos show ...

Suspected bird flu has reached Australia's sub-Antarctic Heard Island, with signs of the deadly H5 avian disease observed in ...

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing ...

Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, is planning and betting big, a future polar aquarium at the International Antarctic ...

Microbes near the surface of the Southern Ocean sustain the polar food chain — impacting the nutrient flow from the surface ...