Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, are under threat from climate change. The area's ...

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

The idea of the tropics expanding into the southern United States might sound like a concept from a science fiction novel.

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

Southern elephant seals are the 'canary in the coal mine' for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may react to future climate change and human impact, new research shows.

In 2018 the international scientific community agreed to produce the first marine ecosystem assessment for the Southern Ocean. We modeled the assessment process on a working group of the ...

The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers reported March 3 ...

This remote area greatly influences climate and ecosystem health for the rest of the planet. Studies show that although the Southern Ocean comprises only about 30 percent of the world’s ocean area, it ...

“In the last few decades, the many icebergs that end up taking this route through the Southern Ocean soon break up ... the iceberg will affect the local ecosystem,” Meijers added.

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people think of plants as the lungs of the planet, taking in carbon dioxide, and ...