Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and does not rise above the horizon again until August. Without sunlight, ...

A study in Nature Geoscience reveals that changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) closely tracked marine algae growth in the Southern Ocean over previous glacial cycles, but not in the way ...

The Antarctic Snow Algae Study is funded through the National Science Foundation - Office of Polar Programs as an NSF CAREER Award #2046240. The overarching aim of the project is to quantify the ...

Researchers have found that the iron released by melting ice in West Antarctica isn't in a form that benefits marine life. That may spell trouble for the ocean's ability to absorb carbon pollution.

The examined drill core comes from the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean, where icebergs were occasionally drifting at the time of drilling in 2001. During the last interglacial period, the ...

Millions of unknown microbial genes discovered in Antarctica’s ocean reveal a hidden ecosystem that may influence carbon cycling and climate.