Antarctic

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Antarctic sea ice is “behaving strangely” and might have entered a “new regime”, the director of the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) tells Carbon Brief. Following an all-time low maximum in September…

In the waters around Antarctica, ice…

STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing concluded its annual Operation Deep Freeze mission, marking the end of…

Is Antarctic sea ice undergoing a permanent change?Photodynamic/Shutterstock The sea ice that encircles Antarctica has reached near-record low levels for the third year in a row, raising concerns that the ice has…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As this month marks the third consecutive summer with extremely low sea-ice cover around Antarctica, new…

View of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica on January 26, 2024. Sea ice levels in Antarctica have registered…

In this video message, NOS Deputy Assistant Administrator Rachael Dempsey shares how recent advancements in the GRAV-D project will help reduce risk for…

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf celebrates the 25th anniversary of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration. (Video Transcript)…

Fast Facts The National Science Foundation funds and oversees the design, construction, and operations of science and engineering research infrastructure—like telescopes and research facilities. We report annually on…

A heat wave in Greenland and a storm in Antarctica. These kinds of individual weather “events” are increasingly being supercharged by a warming climate. But despite being short-term events they can also have a much longer-term effect on…

Professor Dimitris Evangelinos, first author of the study and member of the Consolidated Research Group on Marine Geosciences of the UB, in an image from the current…

While 2023 made headlines for smashing global temperature records, last year also saw some truly remarkable events in the Antarctic. After crashing to a record-low summer extent in February, sea ice around the…

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf shares the news that NOAA and partners helped recover over $92 million from polluters to restore seven…

High Commissioner Volker Türk voiced his concern that Sunday’s poll which saw Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secure a fifth term in office, was “marred by violence and repression of opposition candidates and supporters”, according to a…

About 150 kilometers north of the Antarctic Peninsula lie the South Shetland Islands, a cluster of more than a dozen islands that harbor glaciers, volcanoes, and a tundra ecosystem with penguins and seals. On the southwestern…

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The claim: Volcanos, not human-driven climate change, responsible for Antarctic ice meltA Dec. 8 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a person claiming that sub-glacial volcanos are the only cause of melting in…

Today's ice sheet in Antarctic and that during the Last Interglacial when seaways allowed connections between octopus populations. Scientists…

Moosmuller joins researchers from Chile’s Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria for the study *The below text is translated from the original Spanish and shared with permission from Chile’s Universidad…

Turquet’s octopus David Barnes via the University of Western Australia In the sea surrounding…

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Pine Island Glacier subjected to different basal melt forcing. a,b, Bedrock elevation with overlain grounding lines (a) and flowline profiles (b) for the initial model…

Parts of the Antarctic ice sheet are vulnerable to rapid melting because of warming global temperatures. This melt has the potential to produce global sea level rise and widespread economic and ecologic impacts in coastal areas. A new…

Parts of the Antarctic ice sheet are vulnerable to rapid melting because of warming global temperatures. This melt has the potential to produce global sea level rise and widespread economic and ecologic impacts in coastal areas. A new…

The 2019 ozone hole. Credit: NASA The hole in the Antarctic ozone layer has been getting deeper in mid-spring over the last two decades,…

This images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the A23a iceberg moving through the sea sea near the Antarctica, on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. One of the world’s…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Using historical records from around Australia, an international team of researchers have put forward the most…

Researchers compared net ice accumulation in Antarctica for multiple stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) scenarios and a moderate emissions scenario with no SAI to…

2022 Education Infographic Every day, our educators share the treasures of the National Marine Sanctuary System with the public. We work to engage, inspire, and connect people with these special places and…

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The National Ocean Service provides data, tools, and services that protect our ecosystems and enhance climate and economic resilience. In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf…

Volunteer Opportunities Volunteers participate in a wide variety of activities including diving, whale identification, beach cleanups, water quality monitoring, collecting…

The majority of the collective waters in national marine sanctuaries are open to recreational fishing, providing opportunities for anglers of all ages and fostering a sense of responsibility for America's great outdoors. Did…

Transcript NARRATOR: Krill are small crustaceans found throughout the ocean. They play an important role in the aquatic food chain, particularly in the Southern Ocean. Antarctic krill…

Creating a habitat ecosystem map of the seafloor is a tricky process. Learn how it works in this two-minute video.

An ocean glider is an autonomous underwater vehicle used to collect ocean data. Scientists are now experimenting with using gliders to locate populations of spawning fish. The glider shown in this video is outfitted with an acoustic…

Remotely Operated Vehicles provides scientists with "eyeballs" beneath the water to see the health of the ecosystem.

On March 28, 2015, NOAA Ship Nancy Foster deployed an autonomous glider off the eastern coast of St. Croix. Diving down to depths of 656 feet, the glider moved westward along the southern edge of the shelf break. On the fifth day,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDec. 10, 2014 Contacts:Sarah Marquis, NOAA, 949-222-2212 Vernon Smith, NOAA, 301-713-7248 NOAA and its partners…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Febuary 3, 2015 Contacts: Shelley DuPuy, NOAA, 409-621-5151 ext 106 Vernon Smith, NOAA, 301-713-7248 …

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf shares a major advancement in NOAA’s capability to predict high tide flooding that is available for public use. Learn more…

National Ocean Service: Positioning America for the Future Coastal watershed counties were home to 163.8 million people in 2010, approximately 52 percent of the United States population. This number is expected to increase by…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Febuary 25, 2015 Contacts: Sarah Marquis, 949-222-2212 NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2015 Contacts: Keeley Belva, 301-643-6463Sarah Marquis, 949-222-2212 Cordell Bank and Gulf of the…

A stingray filmed by Remotely Operated Vehicle near St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, during a Caribbean coral reef mapping expedition in April, 2015.

A large group of invasive lionfish near St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, filmed during a Caribbean coral reef mapping expedition in April, 2015. During the 2015 Caribbean mapping expedition, 135 lionfish were spotted during a total of 26…

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Ocean Guardian Students Battle Invasive Species By Lisa Jensen Aliens have invaded the beaches of California. They're small,…