New simulations show that the world's strongest ocean current didn't start flowing overnight – several major factors needed to align before it could begin exerting its powerful influence on Earth's ...

Antarctic sea ice decline in 2015 was caused by weakening ocean stratification and strong storms that mixed warm deep water ...

Scientists reveal that Antarctica’s ocean current formed slowly and needed winds, ice, and shifting continents to shape Earth’s climate.

A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows ...

The Finnish Scientific Diving Academy has designed a program in northern Finland for participants to venture below the thick ...

Scientists have long known that Earth was significantly warmer about 3 million years ago, with much higher sea levels.

Unusual lifeforms can still be found in the most unexpected (and extreme) environments, from the driest deserts to boiling ...

Melting ice, rebounding land, and rising seas will change what resources are available in Antarctica, a new analysis finds.

King penguins are currently thriving and raising more chicks as the sub-Antarctic region warms, but scientists worry about ...

Global warming is on a very ominous trend that has never happened throughout human history, according to a recent study in Geophysical Research Letters.

A new analysis projects that as much as 120,610 square kilometers of new, ice-free land could emerge in Antarctica by 2300. Credit: NASA/Jim Ross A warming climate could expose a Pennsylvania-sized ...