Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes ...

The researchers and base personnel remain in Antarctica for approximately 15 months working through the cold and dark winter ...

A new detailed map of Antarctica is set to significantly improve predictions of how ice flows and melts in response to ...

A University of Vienna study suggests that the solar system's movement through the galaxy affected Earth's climate millions ...

Antarctica’s total ice volume is now estimated at 27.17 million cubic kilometers (6.52 million cubic miles). The ice sheet ...

Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute noticed the sea spider, the size of a dinner plate, about 2km beneath the icy surface waters of the South Sandwich Islands, a chain of volcanic islands ...

Joint senior author Associate Professor Nic Rawlence, Director of the Otago Palaeogenetics Laboratory, said while elephant ...

Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly shot up. This caused rapid global warming, the mass melting of glaciers, and the end of the last ice age.

Hydrology in high latitude regions is a critical area of study, particularly concerning the dynamics and ecological impacts on permafrost environments ...

Southern elephant seals are the "canary in the coal mine" for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may ...

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