Scientists explain bright Southern Ocean waters—diatoms and coccolithophores reshape how we see ocean color and carbon flow.

For several decades, scientists have been seeing weirdly bright areas of the Antarctic oceans on satellite images. The ...

An area of the remote Southern Ocean that's long confused ocean color satellites by reflecting large amounts of ...

In a world affected by climate change, the Southern Ocean plays an outsized role. It absorbs up to 40% of the human-caused ...

New satellite technology has revealed that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, an unexpected turn of events that could ...

The Southern Ocean is one of the most pivotal buffers of climate change. Its cold water captures 40% of human-generated carbon dioxide emissions around the world and 60-90% of the excess heat from ...

The Southern Ocean is also getting saltier, and this unexpected change is making the problem worse. For decades, the ocean's surface freshened (becoming less salty), helping sea ice grow.

It’s not only the spectacular views of land meeting the Southern Ocean that make the Great Ocean Road wondrous. The road is a masterpiece of human achievement, which has been called “Victoria ...