Given its obligations in the region, South Africa is uniquely positioned to represent Africa’s interests in Antarctic ...

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water ...

When humans manage to cut enough emissions and eventually reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean ...

Around 12,000 years ago, the last Ice Age ended, global temperatures rose and the early Holocene began, during which time ...

A new study reveals the shocking possibility that the Southern Ocean around Antarctica may release a century-long burst of ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that ...

Weathered rocks sitting above the ice hold iron concentrations up to ten times higher than earlier reports from elsewhere in ...

When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away ...

The mechanism behind this potential surge lies in the ocean’s structure. As described by the study, the Southern Ocean ...

The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that ...

Antarctica is often seen as frozen, silent, and unchanging, with sharp winds, cold waters, and endless ice. But even this ...