A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there ...

A surprising event that has caught the attention of scientists around the world. Thislarge gap in the sea ice remained open ...

A giant hole has appeared in the sea ice of Antarctica and it's as big as Switzerland. The sea in Antarctica usually freezes ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

A hole the size of Switzerland opened in Antarctic ice over Maud Rise, driven by ocean heat, storms, and topography—raising ...

Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and ...

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.

A lot of that extra water is flowing to our shores from Antarctica, where — as ice melts into the Southern Ocean — it also changes the water temperature. That can change ocean currents ...