A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ...

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

Unusual radio waves were discovered below the surface of Antarctica over a decade ago, which follow-up studies haven’t been ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Antarctica, uncovering a 1.2-million-year-old ice core. This ancient ice holds valuable data on past climate conditions, which could help us ...

Many of us know Antarctica as a land of ice and not much else. But hidden beneath the miles of glaciers and ice sheets lies a ...

For the most part, researchers used to think that the Antarctic’s ice was relatively stable. It saw a slow decline from 1978 to 2015, but not nearly as much of a decline as the Arctic did.

A team of international scientists circumnavigating Antarctica has documented widespread environmental decline, including ...