Researchers have found evidence of a major shift in the circulation of the Southern Ocean, which could accelerate climate change for the whole planet. They say the finding caught them off guard, and ...

The animals we best know as fish food help to store millions of tons of carbon in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

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

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

By combining satellite observations with data from underwater robots, we built a 15-year picture of changes in ocean salinity, temperature and sea ice. What we found was astonishing.

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego were able to ‘hear’ the impacts of a marine heatwave and even economic slowdowns by analyzing 15 years of ...

Scientists on a research expedition in the Southern Ocean captured the first footage of a living Gonatus antarcticus squid. The colorful, three-foot squid species was only known to scientists ...

The vats are anchored to the seabed and battered by the ocean currents. Underwater, there are a lot of variables in terms of pressure, movement, and temperature, depending on the season. “The ocean ...