The updated observatory was built to ensure that the scientific instrumentation on land and supporting infrastructure in the ...

As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds ...

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the most prominent interannual climate variability signal, has been widely studied for its teleconnections with Antarctic sea ice variability. However, its ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map yet of what Antarctica looks like when you strip away ...

The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...

New technology designed by B.C. researchers is helping provide near-real-time data monitoring the state of the ocean on Antarctica's coast.

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current acts as a kind of “ocean conveyor belt” shifting immense columns of water through the ...

Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for big bergs, new ...

Antarctica is like no place on Earth. The "White Continent" has lured explorers and scientists to its stunning, ice-encrusted ...

The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team including scientists ...

It's November 2024. Small red flags flap lazily in the breeze on the sea ice in front of Scott Base. They mark a safe route through the pressure ridges - where sea ice squashes up against the land and ...

Variously known as Drakes' Shake, "the most dreaded bit of ocean on the Globe" and home to the world's worst storms, the ...