On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice free. Scientists were able to reach places never sampled before. Subscribe ...

Antarctic sea ice shows signs of recovery in 2026 after several critical years, but scientists warn that this recovery is not ...

Trapped heat lurking beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, not just atmospheric warming or wind patterns, appears to be ...

The collapsing sea ice around the Antarctic continent has led to a doubling in the number of icebergs calving from ice sheets and a surge in sea temperatures, and the impacts are growing more severe ...

The Antarctic winter sea ice maximum is on track to be the second lowest on record, at 17.15 million square km² (6.62 million mi²), close to the 2023 record low of 16.96 million km² (6.55 million mi²) ...

New research reveals that changes following the recent and dramatic decline in Antarctic sea ice could help a low-nutritional ...

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Navigating monolithic icebergs, massive ocean waves and sub-zero snowstorms, CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator is a ...

Scientists are hoping to better understand how the warming ocean is affecting the Weddell seals' diving and foraging behaviour.

Slush – water-soaked snow – makes up more than half of all meltwater on the Antarctic ice shelves during the height of summer, yet is poorly accounted for in regional climate models. Researchers led ...

Alessandro Antonello is Associate Professor of Environmental History at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is the author of The Greening of Antarctica: Assembling an International Environment ...