Research discovers pathway for carbon into Arctic deep sea
A research team has discovered a type of undersea conveyor belt that transports carbonaceous material to the depths of the Arctic Ocean.
A research team has discovered a type of undersea conveyor belt that transports carbonaceous material to the depths of the Arctic Ocean.
A study shows that more frequent sightings of new whale species in southeast Greenland have likely tilted the state of the marine ecosystem.
The British Antarctic Survey is using fixed-wing drones to better monitor the vast colonies of penguins and other animals on South Georgia.
A deep-sea region between Svalbard and Greenland could provide clues to what it might look like beneath the thick ice layer of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
A British Antarctic Survey research team has created an artificial intelligence to help find the best route through pack ice.
In Greenland, the government is discussing plans to capture CO2 and fix it as rock deep in the island’s ground. An oil company also wants in on the action.
Norway’s KSAT will build a ground network to provide future communications with lunar missions and a lunar base.
The Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, one of the largest of its kind, is melting more and faster in the back, causing sea levels to rise more rapidly.
Male sei whales seem to love the Falkland Islands not only for its food, but also to beguile potential mates with songs.
Leopard seals possess great adaptability when it comes to size and movement, underscoring its position as a top Antarctic predator.
The massive fires in the Arctic tundra, which have particularly affected Siberia, are intensifying the warming of the Arctic and causing even more and stronger fires.
Australian weather observer Barry Becker experienced an extraordinary stroke of luck in the night sky of Antarctica: He photographed STEVE, a rare celestial phenomenon.
Scientists have conducted the first comprehensive study of the previously unexplored walruses living in the Laptev Sea.
On Macquarie Island, researchers are noting a large decline in breeding success among king and gentoo penguins and fear the same for the other species.
Although the vegetation type plays an important role in the energy balance of the Arctic, it has so far been neglected in climate models. A new study changes that.
A research team has discovered a river system more than 460 kilometers long beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet, in which liquid water flows all the way to the Weddell Sea.
With the help of an underwater curtain, warm deep water should not melt as much more of Greenland’s fastest glacier from below.
The amount of greenhouse gases emitted from the permafrost soils of the Arctic could, in a worst-case scenario, be higher than the amount emitted by the United States in 150 years.
Using underwater microphones, an Irish artist and Woods Hole Institution researchers plan to listen to melting icebergs and study human impact on the oceans.
Ice that forms below the ocean surface in Antarctica apparently plays an important role in the global conveyor belt of ocean currents and possibly in nutrient cycles.
The highly contagious HPAI H5N1 avian influenza virus from the Arctic could cause mass deaths in the deep south with the onset of the Antarctic spring
A major new project will help benchmark biodiversity change in the Arctic Ocean and guide conservation efforts.
Over the past decade, the population of Adélie penguins at Mawson Station has declined by 43 percent.
Perhaps 90% of the snow crabs in the Bering Sea have disappeared without a trace