The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is one of the most dynamic regions of the Antarctic continent. Much of its bed lies below ...

Researchers have discovered dozens of new methane seeps littering the ocean floor in the Ross Sea coastal region of ...

Climate models suggest that climate change could reduce the Southern Ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2). However, ...

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing ...

Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting ...

Scientists found patches on the Antarctic seafloor called "seeps" where fluid and gas move up through sediments and into the ...

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it ...

Scientists discovered that Antarctic seabirds use teamwork, scent, and sight to find food together efficiently.

October 16 marked the arrival of the first aircraft at Rothera Research Station and the departure of the Falklands-flagged ...

The Antarctic, or Southern, Ocean is the world’s least-explored and least understood. But a team of scientists in land-locked Boulder has recently made a discovery that may lead to a better ...

Off the coast of Antarctica, the sea ice retreated toward the southernmost continent and, like a bottle cap taken off a soda ...

A new study reveals that melting Antarctic sea ice could release massive amounts of trapped carbon dioxide, potentially ...