Antarctic ice melt can change global ocean circulation, sediment cores suggest

A new study shows that during the last two deglaciations, i.e., the transition from an ice age to the warm interglacial ...
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Antarctic ice melt slowed global ocean circulation

Ice-sheet melt temporarily intensified Southern Ocean stratification between ice ages and warmer interglacial periods, thus ...

Sharks Have Officially Reached Antarctica, and Scientists Are Shook

The southern sleeper shark is a large, slow-moving species of deepwater shark typically found across the Southern Ocean from central Chile to the sub-Antarctic Islands. While it is well adapted to ...

Identifying priority Southern Ocean conservation hotspots

New research shows that maintaining and adopting proposed marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean could almost ...
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Antarctic ice melt may be flipping global ocean currents, cores reveal

Fresh evidence from sediment cores, satellite records, and deep-ocean sensors is converging on a troubling finding: meltwater ...

In Photos: ‘Ring Of Fire’ Solar Eclipse Seen Across Antarctica, Africa

Early on Tuesday, Feb. 26, a rare annular solar eclipse created a “ring of fire” over Antarctica, while South Africa and ...

Scientists reveal best- and worst-case scenarios for a warming Antarctica

The climate crisis is warming Antarctica fast, with potentially disastrous consequences. Now scientists have modeled the best ...