The ocean is a vital part of our planet's climate system. Through its global circulation patterns, the ocean draws vast ...

Krill is considered to be the largest animal biomass in the wild on Earth and is an important prey species for baleen whales ...

The strongest ocean current on Earth circles Antarctica. It’s the primary way water moves between the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and helps regulate the global climate. But a new study ...

According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), last month was the second warmest March on record and the hottest ...

Scientists used one of Australia’s most powerful supercomputers to model how melting ice sheets might change the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which plays a major role in global climate patterns.

T he Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the strongest ocean current on Earth, is rapidly weakening due to the accelerating ...

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

Studies on Antarctica have documented how temperatures, glaciers, oceans and wildlife are reacting to the warming consequences of fossil fuel emissions. A place this remote and isolated makes a ...

But a more pressing concern is the impact of all that fresh water on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current - a slow overturning of ocean water that serves as our planet's cooling system. Warm air from ...