New study explains how winter sea ice and melting ice shelves control the formation of deep ocean water in Antarctica.

Antarctica faces abrupt, irreversible climate changes as warming nears 1.5 °C, threatening ice, oceans, ecosystems, and ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that helped release long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Deep-sea ...

Ancient Antarctic Bottom Water expansion triggered carbon release and ended the last Ice Age, offering critical insight into ocean circulation’s role in global climate change.

New findings challenge climate models by revealing the Southern Ocean's unexpected, but also transient, resilience as a carbon sink.

India's deep-ocean exploration has taken a monumental leap forward with a 15-year agreement to explore for precious metals in ...

New research reveals how the speed of ocean currents and the shape of the seabed influence the amount of heat flowing ...

In the far North Atlantic, a rapid and little‑noticed rise in sea level is sending signals that reach all the way to American ...

The world’s oceans entered uncharted territory in 2024, with heat levels rising so sharply that long-standing expectations ...