Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a bizarre pig-shaped creature.

In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and other life forms.

The Bedmap3 from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the most detailed depiction ever captured of the southernmost ...

Historically, there have been four oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. On Feb. 9, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced the Gulf of Mexico had officially been changed to ...

In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned "Silent Spring," alerting the world to the dangers of the ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using tiny changes in sea surface height to reveal underwater features, ...

To assess mercury’s geographic reach and establish a new baseline for mercury in Antarctic penguins ... throughout the ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Researchers using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have mapped the geology of the Mona Rift and made some astonishing discoveries. A journalist, soccer fanatic and Shrewsbury Town fan, Will’s ...

The newly exposed Antarctic seafloor also allowed the team to gather critical data on the past behavior of the ice sheet. The ice sheet has been shrinking and losing mass over the last few decades due ...

Obtain daily sea ice extent values, ranges, and median values for the Arctic or the Antarctic. Analyze monthly-averaged or daily sea ice extent and concentration via interactive maps. Plot monthly ...