Around 12,000 years ago, the last Ice Age ended, global temperatures rose and the early Holocene began, during which time ...

While Antarctic meltwater drives rising sea levels, models show it also delays greenhouse gas-induced warming. That’s because ...

Findings from a new study suggest a scenario wherein melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet could briefly delay the ...

A robotic float has measured the temperature and salinity from parts of the ocean never sampled before — underneath massive ...

Our ocean float spent years adrift in the Antarctic ocean and beneath massive ice shelves. What it found will help us ...

Antarctica could be completely ice-free one day if we allow climate change to continue unabated. The change will take ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that ...

A new study highlights the key role the Southern Ocean plays in the Earth’s climate system. Around 12,000 years ago, the last ...

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...