Ocean currents are not just horizontal motions that flow from side to side. There are also vertical currents that act like ...

Hidden Southern Ocean currents plunge more than half a mile deep and help power Antarctica's vast carbon sink, a new ...

For the first time, mighty ocean waves generated in the Southern Ocean have been accurately measured all the way to the tiny ...

National Geographic announced Tuesday that it is officially recognizing the Southern Ocean as the Earth's fifth ocean. The announcement was made to coincide with World Oceans Day. The Southern Ocean ...

A team of scientists led by CU Boulder has identified 30 new areas critical for conserving biodiversity in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. In a study published Aug. 15 in the journal ...

The features of the ocean floor help determine how water masses and ocean currents move and how they affect our climate. Biodiversity is also influenced by seafloor landforms. Accordingly, having as ...

The biological productivity of the Southern Ocean in the summertime is substantially greater than many previous estimates have suggested, according to new airborne research by the U.S. National ...

New research has found that the Southern Ocean absorbs more carbon dioxide (CO2) than previously thought. Using direct measurements of CO2 exchange, or fluxes, between the air and sea, the scientists ...

As Earth’s atmosphere continues to warm, biodiversity in the global ocean is increasingly at risk. Previous studies have shown the Southern Ocean has absorbed the vast majority of excess heat and ...

Echinoderms are those strange, sometimes slimy or spiky creatures that live on the ocean floor—think sea cucumbers, sea ...