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 ...

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 ...

In a world affected by climate change, the Southern Ocean plays an outsized role. It absorbs up to 40% of the human-caused emissions taken up by the oceans while also being home to some of the world's ...

Human emissions have pushed the Earth into an energy imbalance, the effects of which are most clearly felt in the ocean. Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, the ocean has absorbed more than ...