“Out of Plain Sight” focuses on the detriment of the existing DDT in our waters while also looking at what can be done to remedy this problem. I talked with both Straub and Xia, who specializes in ...

If you ever find yourself on Macquarie Island—a narrow, wind-lashed ridge halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica—the first ...

A breakthrough study has uncovered that the Southern Ocean's power to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere fluctuates dramatically depending on winter sea ice. When sea ice lingers longer into ...

The Southern Ocean has quietly shielded the planet from even more extreme warming by soaking up vast amounts of heat, but new modeling suggests that protection may be temporary. If emissions finally ...

New research suggests that the negative effects of the ozone hole on the carbon uptake of the Southern Ocean are reversible, but only if greenhouse gas emissions rapidly decrease. The study finds that ...

Steven Siems receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Zhaoyang Kong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...