During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty ...
Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is ...
Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding ...
A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.
New research reveals how ocean warming triggered the large-scale retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS)—offering vital clues for understanding its modern-day vulnerability. NEGIS is the ...
The last ice age did not shut down Atlantic ocean currents, and that discovery may help explain future climate risks.
Beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf is a hidden ocean – a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of the North Sea.
During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...
The team undertook two research trips on the RV Polarstern in 2016 and 2017. Those trips resulted in the collection of seafloor bathymetric data and sediment cores, which later formed the focus of ...