New research by teams of Australian and US scientists has found there has been a massive reduction in the amount of Antarctic Bottom Water found off the coast of Antarctica.

While some scientists encouraged the creation of regulations governing fishing in the Arctic Ocean on Sunday, others published a report warning that the body of water could actually be a significant source of the greenhouse gas methane.

MONTREAL, April 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 2,000 scientists from 67 countries urged Arctic leaders, in an open

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bouvetoya Island, which lies in the middle of the Southern Ocean, has been visited by less than 100 people since its discovery, and its 780-meter

A Yale-led study of the evolutionary history of Antarctic fish and their "anti-freeze" proteins illustrates how tens of millions of years ago a lineage of fish adapted to newly formed polar conditions – and how today they are endangered by a rapid rise in ocean temperatures.