New data confirms what climate experts have long worried about: a warm mass of deep polar water has expanded toward ...

Deep beneath the Southern Ocean, a quiet but alarming shift is underway: warm water is creeping closer to Antarctica, and ...

Two new studies that relied on data from a fleet of diving robots show how climate change is altering ocean movements in ways ...

Warm ocean water is moving closer to Antarctica, raising concerns that ice shelves could melt from below and accelerate sea ...

In recent years, the Southern Ocean has undergone one of the most dramatic environmental shifts observed anywhere on Earth. Scientists have tracked an unexpected and rapid rise in surface salinity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient ocean layers locked away carbon, cooling Earth’s lukewarm interglacials, new isotopic study shows. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, are under threat from climate change. The area's inhabitants, from whales to krill to phytoplankton, face changes such as a ...

Scientists have discovered 30 new species in the deep recesses of the Southern Ocean, including iridescent scale worms and a carnivorous “death ball” sponge. Left: An iridescent scale worm discovered ...

A new decades-long study of oceanographic data provides the first evidence that deep-ocean heat has moved closer to ...

Newly discovered organisms are still showing us just how little we know about life in the oceans; this includes a new type of ...

Intense storms that sweep over the Southern Ocean enable the ocean to absorb more heat from the atmosphere. New research from the University of Gothenburg shows that today’s climate models ...