The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is Earth's largest oceanic current, circling around Antarctica from west to east in ...

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

As recently as the 1990s, when the Greenland Ice Sheet and the rest of the Arctic region were measurably thawing under the ...

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

New underwater footage reveals how anchors and chains from ships are damaging the Antarctic seafloor and its marine life.

Discover the Earth's most extreme wind phenomena. Explore the top 10 windiest places, from Antarctica's Commonwealth Bay to ...

Stratospheric temperatures in Antarctica are spiking, which could see strange weather unfold across the southern hemisphere in the coming months ...

The stratospheric polar vortex high above Antarctica has rapidly heated up. These sudden bursts of heat can bring rapid weather changes in Australia ...

In a study published Sept. 10, improved technology indicated that ice loss in western Antarctica is driven primarily by ...

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

The team uses seawater and delicate mesh filters to painstakingly separate the buoyant plastic by hand. The goal is to ...

At the Vernadsky Research Station in Antarctica, scientific work advances solutions to global problems. Charles Cockell looks ...