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 ...
Given its obligations in the region, South Africa is uniquely positioned to represent Africa’s interests in Antarctic ...
A new review has revealed that the Southern Annular Mode (SAM), the Southern Hemisphere's most influential climate driver, is ...
Ancient Antarctic Bottom Water expansion triggered carbon release and ended the last Ice Age, offering critical insight into ...
When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away ...
Antarctica's isolation and rich natural resources have made it a strategically important focal point amid growing great-power ...
We found that Antarctic mosses create their own miniature climates, and these can vary dramatically in a single square metre.
Dr Kate Winter has led a research paper which has found that newly exposed mountain peaks could significantly increase the ...
In that moderate emissions scenario, we found the highest sea-level rise from Antarctic ice melt alone, up to 5 feet (1.5 ...
The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that ...
The formation of a thermal 'burp' in the Southern Ocean is primarily linked to its unique structural characteristics. As new sea ice forms, the freezing process expels salt into surrounding waters, ...