Scientists first discovered the mysterious hole in the 1970s, but questions have remained about how it formed.
Scientists were again baffled in 2016 and 2017 when the polynya reappeared because of its vast size and distance from the coast - setting them on a hunt to uncover what was forming the hole.
Scientists have found that the record-low levels of sea ice around Antarctica in 2023 were extremely unlikely to happen without the influence of climate change. This low was a one-in-a-2000-year event ...
Scientists have solved the mystery behind the appearance of an Antarctic hole twice the size of Wales. The rare opening in the sea ice puzzled researchers when it occurred during the winters of ...
Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, buttressing a dozen major glaciers and slowing their flow into the ocean, may be surprisingly sensitive to warming. Several thousand years ago, the Ross Ice Shelf ...
The fledglings are typically reared on floating platforms of sea ice, but an unprecedented decline in the ice extent has driven young onto cliffs. Emperor penguin chicks have been recorded hurling ...
The warming of Antarctica's deep waters is hastening sea-level rise in the North Atlantic, a study has found. Researchers at the University of Miami and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
May 8, 2024 — Two species of marine bacteria from the North Sea have established an unusual and sometimes destructive relationship to produce the important vitamin B12. The team's experiments ...
(CNN) — The world’s largest hummingbird has been hiding in plain sight for centuries — and scientists only discovered the species is distinct from another giant species after attaching tiny ...