Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting ...

New international research led by Professors Willy Baeyens and Yue Gao of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), published in ...

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ...

Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the ...

Sea ice around Antarctica is in 'terminal decline', say scientists.

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

In recent years, the Southern Ocean has undergone one of the most dramatic environmental shifts observed anywhere on Earth. Scientists have tracked an unexpected and rapid rise in surface salinity ...

Warmer, saltier water from deep in the Southern Ocean has started rising to the surface, bringing up more carbon dioxide, a recent study shows. Fresher, cooler surface waters had helped sea ice expand ...