The world's strongest ocean current should be getting faster – instead, it is at risk of failing
Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems.
World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground
A massive superberg, four times as big as New York City, has halted east of the southern tip of South America.
World’s biggest iceberg runs aground off South Georgia
The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground after drifting around the Southern Ocean near ...
Scripps News25d
FAQ: Climate Change in the Polar Regions
Scripps researchers have found that geologic formations that allow water to flow below ice shelves are responsible for differing melt rates of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica’s largest. This remote ...
Science Daily13d
Mega-iceberg from Antarctica on collision course with South Georgia: Harbinger of things to come?
It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that is currently heading for the island of South Georgia. But climate change ...
Newstalk ZB13d
How Antarctica’s melting ice sheet could change NZ’s climate
A first-of-its-kind study suggests the worsening melting of Antarctica’s vast ice sheet could directly drive shifts in New Zealand’s local climate patterns. The new study also indicates ...