A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking ...

Research involving the University of Liverpool has discovered a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica. In ...

Image: Sentinel 2 satellite image, meltwater ponds on the Amery Ice Shelf. Credit: Copernicus Sentinel 2 data, processed by ...

Melting sea ice has been a challenge for wildlife in the Arctic and Antarctic. A recent study published in Global Change ...

For the first time, scientists have measured the marine environment near the melting mega-iceberg A-68A, providing invaluable ...

A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...

The Edinburgh-based firm, Christian Salvesen, operated whale processing ports at the aptly named Leith Harbour at Stromness ...

A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of field-based ecological knowledge. The new opinion article, "Is Antarctica Greening?" ...

Zooplankton like copepods aren’t just fish food—they’re carbon-hauling powerhouses. By diving deep into the ocean each winter ...

A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of ...

Populations of Antarctic seals have halved over 50 years amid a warming climate and shrinking sea ice, a new study has shown.

The 47th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) involves 29 consultative states — including the US, China, Russia and South Africa — which gather annually to deliberate the future of the frozen, ...