The latest triumph in ocean technology comes from a small, rugged machine that slipped beneath Antarctic ice into a part of ...

Swirling underwater eddies are aggressively melting two Antarctic glaciers, a recent study found, including the one that ...

Antarctica’s key glaciers are melting faster as underwater storms churn warm water upward. New research reveals surprising ...

Violent underwater "storms" could cause the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to melt much more quickly than originally thought, a new ...

New research shows how warm water moves under Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf, revealing how hidden currents and seafloor shape ...

On January 13, 2025, iceberg A-84, which is roughly the size of Chicago, broke from the George VI Ice Shelf, a giant floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, leading to the ...

New research reveals underwater storms are intensifying ice loss beneath Antarctica's key glaciers, raising concerns about future sea level changes.

Antarctica’s turbidity currents and the role they play in helping to regulate Earth’s climate are to be studied for the first time through a groundbreaking international project. The Antarctic Canyon ...

Striations, grooves, and mud deposits from anchor retrieval were visible in the substrate of the ocean floor. At the disturbed sites, little to no marine life was present. Credit: Matt Mulrennan / ...

The ice caps which cover our planet's poles are key to understanding global weather patterns and changing climate. But we still don't have a complete understanding of how they work, and what goes on ...

An underwater robot called Lassie has discovered "remarkable" icefish nests while searching for Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship, The Endurance. Scientists uncovered a "new and unusual" phenomenon - ...

Thanks to an underwater survey robot, oceanographers are getting the first-ever readings collected from underneath East ...