Antarctic

The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.

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NSF backs choice of new Antarctic contractor despite concerns by government watchdog and researchers

Display chemicals accumulate in Arctic, Antarctic, and Qinghai-Xizang Plateau soils

The ozone layer was supposed to be healing. So why is this year's Antarctic ozone hole so big?

Unprecedented hole opened up in Antarctic winter sea ice

Today's emissions choices could limit Antarctic ice loss and sea-level rise for coastal communities

How cutting emissions may limit Antarctic ice loss and protect coastlines

The Antarctic’s only two flowering plants reveal opposing strategies for surviving long-term warming

Buried Antarctic ‘supermountains’ tied to the explosion of complex life (Tiny ancient rocks suggest Gondwana built a colossal mountain range about 600 million years ago — a lost landscape now buried under Antarctic ice that helped set the stage for all modern complex life.)

Ice loss in the Antarctic: Numerous blind spots

Satellite images show how penguins’ diets are changing in response to Antarctic climate change

Less UV light may mean less carbon storage in Antarctic tundra

New scientific review identifies Antarctic coastal blind spots limiting sea level projections

Hotter tropical pool temporarily slows Antarctic ice loss

‘Damaging the Antarctic damages us all’ – scientists warn of the potential impacts of coastal freshening

Multiyear tropical warm pool warming drives slowdown in Antarctic mass loss

The Antarctic ice sheet has gained mass — but probably not for long

'They don't deserve this beauty and this breathtaking fragility': Former Antarctic tour guides told researchers why they quit the troubling industry

Satellites in tandem reveal 30 years of Antarctic ice flow

Negatives saved from Shackleton’s Antarctic trip reveal hidden details