And more importantly, what impact this will have on the local ecosystem," explained oceanographer ... to continue its journey through the Southern Ocean following the Antarctic Circumpolar Current ...

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 University of Washington conducted a study that offers more support to this claim, arguing that whale excrement holds ...

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a cornerstone species in the Southern Ocean ecosystem, are pivotal contributors to this process through two mechanisms: the sinking of carbon-rich fecal ...

Researchers report evidence that marine nutrient cycles -- essential for sustaining ocean ecosystems -- are changing ... health of marine food webs -- in southern hemisphere oceans.

Findings from a newly-published Wilson Center report highlight that changes in Antarctica threaten fragile Southern Ocean ecosystems, with consequences for planetary health. Because Southern Ocean ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as krill to support a body of ...