ABC News' Jay O'Brien talks with Captain Radomir Novosel of the Scenic Eclipse, a cruise sailing the Southern Ocean with a of ...

Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ...

Scientists have discovered 30 new species in the deep recesses of the Southern Ocean, including iridescent scale worms and a carnivorous “death ball” sponge. Left: An iridescent scale worm discovered ...

An area of the remote Southern Ocean that's long confused ocean color satellites by reflecting large amounts of turquoise-colored light appears to be full of silica-rich diatoms, according to a new ...

Human-induced climate change is causing shifts in the world's largest ocean current and westerly wind systems also seen during periods of ice age and warmer intervals in Earth's history, researchers ...

A new scientific report has shown that global ocean heat content (OHC) increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2025.

One afternoon as we are walking the clifftop at Southern Ocean Lodge, my companion points suddenly to the sea. It’s been a ...