New simulations show that the world's strongest ocean current didn't start flowing overnight – several major factors needed ...

Mystery Shark Caught on Camera for the First Time in Antarctica’s Near-Freezing Deep Waters ...

Scientists reveal that Antarctica’s ocean current formed slowly and needed winds, ice, and shifting continents to shape Earth’s climate.

Learn how the Antarctic Circumpolar Current formed during the Oligocene, as winds, shifting continents, and ocean gateways ...

Antarctic sea ice decline in 2015 was caused by weakening ocean stratification and strong storms that mixed warm deep water ...

A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows ...

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A team of researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute has overturned a decades-old explanation for how the Antarctic ...

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water that attack the ice from below. These secretive currents, spinning in the ...

While the waters of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica have been cold and unforgiving for centuries, parts of it are full of ...

ABOARD THE ICEBREAKER ARAON, in the Amundsen Sea — To recruit the Antarctic expedition’s newest deputy scientist, Ji-Yeon Cheon had to approach the candidate carefully, from behind. Step by gentle ...