A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.

Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the decline of the region's sea ice.

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting ...

Learn about the new technique being used to study cracks that have formed on Antarctica's unstable Doomsday Glacier.

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

Together we rounded up the latest publications, then gathered new evidence using satellites, computer modeling, and robotic ...

Sea ice in the Antarctic Ocean had been growing for decades, but now, a sudden trend downward could spell serious trouble.

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet—sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...