Australia’s $529m icebreaker vessel has made unexpected contact with the sea floor near Heard Island in the Antarctic.

Kirsty Brown was snorkelling in the Antarctic Peninsula with another researcher when a leopard seal attacked without warning ...

Some scientists have proposed an $80 billion project that would install seabed curtains around the glacier to prevent warm ...

Striations, grooves, and mud deposits from anchor retrieval were visible in the substrate of the ocean floor. At the disturbed sites, little to no marine life was present. Credit: Matt Mulrennan / ...

Australia's icebreaker has been involved in an incident in which the ship's hull "made contact with the ocean floor" off the ...

Britain's flagship polar research vessel heads to Antarctica next week to help advance dozens of climate change-linked ...

According to mission co-lead Scott Glenn, the experiment marks a “historic moment for ocean science. We’re deploying a robot ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A previously unknown underwater volcano has been discovered off the coast of Antarctica, the National Science Foundation said Thursday. The finding helps explain mariners' ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 2022, an international team of scientists sent a 20-foot-long autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) ...

A deep-diving underwater glider is set to begin an epic 73,000km five-year journey circumnavigating the entire globe to ...

Michael Van Woert, NOAA NESDIS, ORA. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce This view of the seaward edge of Antarctica’s floating ...

These robots endure crushing pressures, freezing waters, and total darkness—collecting data vital for climate science, ...