which is investigating sea ice around the Weddell Sea in Antarctica, says: “Right now, in August 2023, the sea ice extent in Antarctica is still far below all previous records for this time of year.

For nearly 40 years, the amount of ice in the sea around Antarctica showed small but significant increases, culminating in a record high in 2014. But this was followed by a large loss of sea ice ...

Naughten noted that the deep ocean water around Antarctica is ... observing rapid ice loss in West Antarctica, which is the fastest-growing contribution to sea level rise." Editor's Note: This ...

Antarctica sea ice was at its lowest extent in February 2022 – more than 1 million square kilometers less than the average A £5m project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC ...

Preventing whaling in the Southern Ocean (the seas around Antarctica) is critical to ensuring the recovery of whale populations in the entire southern hemisphere, a new WWF report states. Gland, ...

Though the sea ice pack around the South Pole had steadily expanded up until 2015, its area suddenly plummeted in 2016. The scale of the Antarctic sea ice reached a record low in 2023. The ...

One of the driest, coldest and windiest places on the planet, the majestic icy wilderness attracts scientists from around ... rough seas of the Drake Passage and start your cruise of Antarctica ...

Antarctic sea ice rebounded in December after a long ... driven partly by an El Nino phenomenon that elevated heat around the globe. Scientists have been concerned since mid-2016 that global ...

"Warm" water is flowing toward one of Antarctica's biggest ice shelves, which, if it melted, could dramatically raise sea levels. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) extends over the Weddell Sea in ...