On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

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

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

New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the ...

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

Most people will never see Antarctic sea ice up close, but its presence or absence affects our day-to-day lives.Now ...

Scientists have been struggling to understand why Antarctic sea ice has declined rapidly and continues to decline. Read more ...

Learn why a surge in the Southern Ocean’s salinity is an alarming sign for the future of Antarctic ice.

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 ...

Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low ...

Sea ice in the Antarctic Ocean had been growing for decades, but now, a sudden trend downward could spell serious trouble.

In Alaska, we must also be vigilant to another brewing geopolitical hotspot, the melting Arctic. Arctic competition is ...