How Ukrainian polar researchers live and work in Antarctica, what threats emerge at the “edge” of the world, what is ...

A wildlife photographer has captured what are believed to be the first underwater images of the rare, elusive Ross seal.

The frozen edges of Antarctica are less stable than they appear. Beneath the wide, seemingly immovable shelves of ice, the ...

Shaking caused by quakes may cause ocean floor vents to release more nutrients, triggering blooms in plant-like organisms ...

On January 13, 2025, iceberg A-84, which is roughly the size of Chicago, broke from the George VI Ice Shelf, a giant floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, leading to the ...

Wildlife photographer Justin Hofman has shared what are believed to be the first underwater photographs of a Ross seal.

In remote West Antarctica, two glaciers are melting. The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers account for more than a third of the total ice loss in Antarctica. Thwaites, roughly the size of Florida, is ...

Swirling underwater “storms” are aggressively melting the ice shelves of two vital Antarctic glaciers, with potentially “far-reaching implications” for global sea level rise, according to a recent ...

Antarctica’s turbidity currents and the role they play in helping to regulate Earth’s climate are to be studied for the first time through a groundbreaking international project. The Antarctic Canyon ...

Striations, grooves, and mud deposits from anchor retrieval were visible in the substrate of the ocean floor. At the disturbed sites, little to no marine life was present. Credit: Matt Mulrennan / ...

It’s a $2 million gamble. Scientists with the University of Washington in conjunction with Paul G. Allen Philanthropies are sending robots to Antarctica for as long as a year in what will be the ...