Antarctic sea ice is shrinking faster than expected. New research shows how winds, ocean heat, and feedback loops caused this ...

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...

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 ...

One of the best ways to learn how Antarctic sea spiders thrive under extreme conditions is to squeeze their guts out through their legs. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

For decades, the frozen Antarctic wilderness at the bottom of the world defied global warming trends, with ice levels ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off from one of Antarctica's massive floating glaciers in January, a team of scientists ...

Striations, grooves, and mud deposits from anchor retrieval were visible in the substrate of the ocean floor. At the disturbed sites, little to no marine life was present. Credit: Matt Mulrennan / ...

Beneath the great, white expanse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, a mysterious realm of streams and lakes lies out of sight. Much about this hidden water world remains poorly understood. But a new study ...

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice free. Scientists were able to reach places never sampled before. Over the ...

The search for a long-lost Antarctic ship has unexpectedly opened a window into a hidden ecosystem, revealing a dense community of life thriving in waters once assumed to be almost barren. What began ...

When an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off from one of Antarctica's massive floating glaciers in January, a team of scientists working nearby quickly pivoted, steering their ship to explore the ...