Melting Antarctic ice is slowing Earth's strongest ocean current, according to a new study. The influx of cold meltwater ...

The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers reported March 3 ...

The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team including scientists ...

ANTARCTICA (WKRC) - Scientists determined that the Arctic entered a "new regime" due to the effects of climate change, ...

EXPLORE ANTARCTICA WITH HX AND CL "We have to be honest with ourselves," Sunniva continues. "As a species we are not going to ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current acts as a kind of “ocean conveyor belt” shifting immense columns of water through the ...

It is a world cut off from our own by thick blankets of floating ice, but some scientists are taking the plunge to learn how ...

Snow and ice loss warms the land surface and air, setting off a feedback loop of further ice loss. This destabilises the ...

In contrast to the Antarctic continent, the marine environments in this area are some of the most biologically productive waters in the world. Thanks to its strong currents and upwelling of deep, cold ...

The vast ice fields of barren whiteness stretch toward the horizon, creating one of the most isolated environments on the ...

Cold Temperatures for an Insect . Like hibernating bears, many insects slow their bodily processes during the tough winter ...