A new study in Antarctic waters has found a significant decrease of salinity, or freshening of the seawater surrounding the Ross Ice Shelf, indicating that ice shelf melt is caused by warming surface ...

A recent National Science Foundation-supported study provides some of the most comprehensive evidence ever of the lengths to which penguins will go for a meal. Scientists led by Gerald Kooyman of ...

The Ross Sea is a keystone region for understanding Antarctic ice-sheet behaviour and associated environmental shifts. Throughout the Last Glacial Maximum and subsequent deglaciation, grounded ice ...

A new coalition of environmental groups and notable people, the Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA), launched its first report, “Antarctic Ocean Legacy: A Marine Reserve for the Ross Sea”. WELLINGTON, 28 ...

A landmark multinational agreement protecting Antarctica’s Ross Sea offers valuable lessons for similar global conservation pacts in the future, according to a new analysis coauthored by a CU Boulder ...

At the end of the southern summer, Antarctica’s sea ice hit its annual minimum. By at least one measure, which tracks the area of ocean that contains at least 15% of sea ice, it was a little above the ...

Right now, on the shores of Antarctica, there’s open water crashing against the largest ice shelf in the world. The annual ice-free season has begun at the Ross Ice Shelf — a month ahead of schedule.

In the Ross Sea near Antarctica, USCGC Polar Star aided a cruise ship stuck in ice on Jan. 17, amid extreme cold and hazardous marine conditions.