A new map of Antarctica’s seafloor reveals a vast and previously overlooked network of 332 submarine canyons, some plunging ...

When humans manage to cut enough emissions and eventually reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.

What can submarine canyons teach scientists about the Earth’s oceans? This is what a recent study published in Marine Geology hopes to address as a team of scientists conducted the most extensive ...

Research led by polar scientists from Northumbria University has revealed new hope in natural environmental systems found in ...

Melting polar ice is unleashing stronger, faster currents, reshaping heat flow, nutrient pathways, and microplastic movement ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ...

Beryllium-7 is a radioactive isotope of beryllium produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere. A Japanese research team has ...

"Heat is funneled toward Antarctica, contributing to ice melt and sea level rise." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New ...

The necessity to protect the world’s last remaining continental wilderness from potential ecological collapse. Few of the earth’s remaining wilderness environments are more vulnerable or valuable than ...

Antarctica is enormous, cold, remote, and particularly sensitive to climate change. Most biological research below 60⁰S has focused on the isolated nature of the biota and how organisms have adapted ...