Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

Extreme lows in sea ice induce many changes in the physical, ecological, and societal systems of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. A: an average sea ice summer. B: an extreme low sea ice summer. In B ...

Retreating glaciers — rivers of ice shrinking back as the world warms — are the most tangible and direct evidence of climate ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

Researchers documented how cruise ship anchors can harm some of the oldest species of marine life in Antarctica.

During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ...

Scientists discover a new species of Antarctic dragonfish, isolated for 780,000 years, vulnerable to global warming and ...

Submarine canyons around Antarctica tend to have less sea ice, higher sea surface temperatures, and more biomass such as ...

In this study, we extracted encounters between krill fishing vessels and air-breathing krill predators from more than 30,000 h of acoustic data recorded with echosounders aboard three different krill ...

It hasn’t been a steady trend, but each year since 2016 less sea ice has formed compared to historic averages. Antarctica’s annual maximum sea ice extent in September 2023 was the lowest on record, ...