The first icefish was discovered in 1927, swimming in the frigid waters of the southernmost extreme of the Earth, the ...

Each summer, the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica turns a brighter shade of green. Vast blooms of phytoplankton ...

Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center are at the bottom of the ...

A research trip to Antarctica uncovered marine life that hadn't been seen before in one of the world's most remote spots.

The newly released Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image was captured over the South Atlantic Ocean in December.

Far below the ocean’s surface, a hidden circulation system quietly shapes life on Earth. Dense “deep ocean water” formed in just a few remote seas helps drive a global conveyor that redistributes heat ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from Australian scientists shows that melting Antarctic ice shelves and changing sea ...

Oxygen isotopes data enable researchers to look far back into the geologic past and reconstruct the climate of the past. In doing so, they consider several factors such as ocean temperature and ice ...

For many years, scientists believed that life in Utah’s Great Salt Lake was extremely limited. Its caustic, hyper-saline ...

Looking for inspiration for your next poolside vacation? Take a peek behind the curtain at some of the coolest pools in the ...

A deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinus haeckelii) documented at 198 meters on the outer edge of the continental shelf, near the ...

Researchers in Antarctica think they might have been missing an essential part of the puzzle when it comes to melting ...