New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the ...

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

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

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

Arctic sea ice, not a thick ice shelf like what we observe in Antarctic today (above), shaped the far north for 750,000 years. Photo credit: Matthias Forwick.

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

Scientists are questioning whether a ‘regime shift’ to a new state of diminished Antarctic sea-ice coverage is underway, due ...

CONQUEROR OF THE SEAS FERDINAND MAGELLANThe voyages of Columbus inspired boldness in other great explorers to discover new unhampered trade routes to the Spice Islands of the EastWhen Vasco Da Gama ro ...