A baited camera captured a sleeper shark in the Southern Ocean for the first time. Sharks have survived mass extinctions, ...

'This is the first footage obtained of a somniosidae [sleeper shark] or any elasmobranch [shark or ray] in situ in the ...

A process has been discovered beneath the Antarctic ice that could weaken carbon sequestration and accelerate climate change.

The environment is changing rapidly around the melting Thwaites Glacier. Seals can collect data in waters that ships could ...

Antarctica sits atop one of the planet’s most powerful climate levers. The frigid waters encircling the continent soak up a large share of the carbon dioxide humans emit, thanks to vast communities of ...

Melting ice from West Antarctica once delivered huge amounts of iron to the Southern Ocean, but algae growth did not increase as expected. Researchers found the iron was in a form that marine life ...

Scientists studying ancient ocean sediments discovered a surprising link between the shrinking of West Antarctica’s ice and ...

Louis Etienne and his crew of eight scientists this week began an expedition to the remote waters of Antarctica, where they hope to gather a wealth of data to demonstrate the benefits of creating ...

Bottom a) temperature (°C) and c) salinity (psu) from the observational climatological mean on the continental shelf over 1975–2012 based on ref. 72 and in the abyss over 1955–2017 based on the World ...

Coinciding with the entry into force of the High Seas Treaty, U.K.-based conservation nonprofit Sustainable Markets ...

The Antarctic region is one of the most pristine wildernesses left on the planet. However, it is facing a number of threats, such as overfishing, pollution and climate change. WWF is working in this ...