Swirling currents called mesoscale eddies occupy about 22% of the ice-free Southern Ocean. Using data from drifting floats ...

New research by the UK's National Oceanography Centre reveals hidden ocean processes and challenges the role of diatoms in ...

Florida State University researchers are part of the first global study on glacial organic carbon and have found that just ...

Mendenhall Glacier is located in southeast Alaska and served as one of the sampling sites for postdoctoral scholar Amy Holt's ...

Antarctic krill swimming between the Southern Ocean's surface and seafloor depths, make a "surprisingly small" contribution to the carbon export ...

The Arctic is heating up particularly fast as a result of global warming—with serious consequences. The widespread permafrost ...

Climate change influences microplastic degradation by altering environmental factors such as temperature, UV radiation, and ...

Silicon is the backbone of the semiconductor industry, but it's also interesting in its own right. Here's why it's so ...

Pressure ridges form when lateral forces, such as wind or ocean currents, push ice floes together ... They influence the energy and mass balance of sea ice and impact the biogeochemical cycle and ...