"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

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

Researchers say tugboats could tow huge underwater parachutes around the ocean to manually power a vital ocean current.

Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

NASA’s Terra satellite captured a breathtaking image of the Amundsen Gulf, where the seasonal breakup of sea ice is taking place. This iconic region, named after polar explorer Roald Amundsen, has ...

March 2025 was another month of concern for the globe, with the second-warmest March ever documented while Arctic sea ice hit a new, record low. The correlation between the two is critical as sea ...

In the Arctic, this year’s maximum ice extent was 31,000 square miles smaller than the previous record, Perovich said – representing enough lost ice to cover the entire state of South Carolina.

But now that the globe has surpassed 1.5 degrees of warming, a greater portion of winter ice melts with every passing summer, leaving more and more ocean exposed through late fall.

Icebergs are seen in the Arctic Ocean off the Franz Josef Land archipelago on August 20, 2021. (Ekaterina Anisimova/AFP via Getty Images) Marine heatwaves are becoming more intense and frequent in ...

Explorer-turned-conservationist Pen Hadow wants to create an internationally agreed marine reserve in the Central Arctic Ocean by 2037. He was the first person to trek solo from Canada to the ...

In the 2024 Arctic Report Card, 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, describe the rapid changes they’re witnessing across the ...