Antarctica’s sea ice hit an all-time winter low in 2023, and new peer-reviewed research links the drop to a combination of storm activity and unusually warm ocean conditions, while also documenting ...

Antarctica could warm much faster than its surroundings over the next few decades due to a phenomenon known as polar ...

A pioneering robotic submarine that explored beneath Antarctica’s glaciers has been lost, but its discoveries are reshaping ...

Diatoms, sometimes called the “grass of the sea,” are encased in glass-like shells made of silica and are responsible for absorbing roughly 20–25% of the world’s atmospheric carbon dioxide. In ...