Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.

As global temperatures rise due to human-driven climate change, glaciers and ice shelves are melting at alarming rates, reshaping the landscape of the Southern Ocean. The George VI Ice Shelf ...

Meltwater pouring off the Antarctic ice shelves is projected to dilute salty ocean water and disrupt the flow of one of the world’s most reliable and important ocean currents. “The Southern ...

Adult colossal squids have occasionally surfaced on fishing lines, but none had been witnessed alive in the abyss where they ...

Slightly smaller than Rhode Island, A23a originally split from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986 and then ... taking this route through the Southern Ocean soon break up, disperse and ...

Fishing for Antarctic krill began in the Indian Ocean sector in the 1970s and it ... This may be due to the slowdown of the melting of ice shelves around the Amundsen Sea, which is the upper ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

When an iceberg broke away from Antarctica in January, it opened up a rare opportunity for scientists to explore a pristine ...