A climate tipping point is a critical threshold where a small environmental change can lead to dramatic and often ...

In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

Something’s stirring in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – and a strange “hole” of cold water in the ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

Learn why a surge in the Southern Ocean’s salinity is an alarming sign for the future of Antarctic ice.

As the Cold War intensified at the end of the 1950s, the U.S. Army devised a plan to build a sprawling launch site for ...

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the ...

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...