New research shows that increased levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could reduce the ability of Antarctic ...

New research shows that increased levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could reduce the ability of Antarctic ...

An important ocean cooling process created by trillions of tiny invertebrates is at risk of being rapidly altered as plastic ...

The image of the Arctic typically doesn't involve much green, so when researchers found green patches beneath the ice, they ...

Beyond colorful coral reefs and diverse nearshore ecosystems, Pacific Ocean waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands have comparatively little marine life and low biological productivity.

In the Antarctic, with the onset of spring, the pace of seasonal sea ice loss has increased. Plot and compare different years and ranges. Obtain daily sea ice extent values, ranges, and median values ...

“I think this is my 25th expedition to Antarctica. Going to Antarctica is very addictive,” said the explorer. “It’s something that once you’ve seen it, you’ve got this drive to always ...

Xuelong 2, one of the ships from China's 41st Antarctic expedition team, departs on a nearly seven-month mission to Antarctica on November 1, 2024 in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province.

The ozone-depleted region over Antarctica averaged nearly 20 million square kilometers (8 million square miles) this year, covering an area almost three times the size of the contiguous United States.

ANTARCTICA IS THE only continent unbloodied by war. For over six decades peace on the frozen land mass has been kept by the Antarctic Treaty, an agreement signed in 1959 at the height of the cold ...

Such a place exists in Antarctica, the Earth’s southernmost region. Home to 40m penguins and a mere 1,000 people, the continent is owned by no one.