In recent years, the Southern Ocean has undergone one of the most dramatic environmental shifts observed anywhere on Earth.

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 ...

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

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

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

A recent study found that four large glacier basins in East Antarctica have experienced substantial ice growth over the past ...

Australia’s highest-value art prize for women has been awarded to a Sydney-based artist for a photographic work taken in ...

The land underneath the East Antarctic ice sheet is less well-known than the surface of Mars,” said Durham University Professor Stewart Jamieson, summing up the deep mystery that has only just started ...

Antarctica’s annual maximum sea ice extent in September 2023 was the lowest on record, ... (1.5 metres compared to 2.5 metres) and had less snow cover (about 5 centimetres versus 15-30 centimetres) ...

An expedition by more than 50 researchers from seven countries has documented the gradual degradation of Antarctica: microplastics in the water, melting ice, and declining salinity in the Southern ...

A balloon-borne experiment over Antarctica, designed to detect cosmic radio waves, has instead picked up bizarre signals that appear to be coming from deep within the ice.