Polar sea ice is vanishing far faster than most people expected, and the change is not only visible from above. Beneath the ...

Melting polar ice is unleashing stronger, faster currents, reshaping heat flow, nutrient pathways, and microplastic movement ...

"This type of research will be crucial." Scientists make jaw-dropping discovery after advanced technology probes deep beneath ...

A polar bear devours a sperm whale on the ice of Svalbard, a scene that reveals how Arctic wildlife is struggling to survive ...

In a report published in this week’s issue of Science, a team of oceanographers, including MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) Ecosystems Center director Hugh Ducklow, outline a polar ocean observation ...

The United Nations declared the 2020s the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development to highlight the need for public engagement, citizenship, and connection to harness positive change for ...

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Goa Governor P Ashok Gajapathi Raju has hailed the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) for its role in advancing India’s presence from the South Pole to the Arctic, the Southern Ocean ...

The wild waters of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica are one of the planet’s biggest carbon stores. The ocean absorbs around 12% of all carbon dioxide generated by humans each year, but ...

The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are microscopic, photosynthetic algae. But human-induced climate change, a new study suggests, is ...