The spectacular disintegration of Antarctica’s “Larsen-B” Ice Shelf was unprecedented since the last ice age, according to a recent study to be published next week in Nature. And the disintegrating ...

A robotic float has measured the temperature and salinity from parts of the ocean never sampled before—underneath massive floating ice shelves in East Antarctica. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

An Australian research team deployed a robotic ocean probe in April 2024 to study Antarctica's hidden depths. The ...

Modified floating wood could seed the formation of new sea ice in the Arctic, helping counteract the rapid decline of ice coverage due to global warming. The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by ice is ...