The Latest Breaking News from the Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean, a region critical to Earth’s climate, hosts vast blooms of microscopic ocean plants known as phytoplankton. They form the very basis of the Antarctic food web.

A former fisheries vessel has been bought from the Japanese government by anti-whaling activists for use in the Southern Ocean.

A new $47m vessel is preparing for its maiden voyage in coastal waters, but there are fears the Kangei Maru could one day mean a return to hunting in the Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean is renowned for having the cleanest air on Earth. But the precise reasons why have remained a mystery, until now.

Scientists have set off on an almost 10,000km voyage to uncover information about the Southern Ocean that could shed light on the future of climate change.

A research expedition in the Southern Ocean has mapped a string of seamounts that help to shape the Antarctic Circumpolar Current — an ocean current that flows clockwise around Antarctica.

Scientists hope mapping long-dormant volcanoes in the Southern Ocean can lead to a better understanding of a crucial current surrounding Antarctica.

Iceberg A23A could disrupt shipping lanes and cause an ecological disaster.

An Antarctic resupply ship that suffered a damaging engine fire was not adequately prepared for operations in the Southern Ocean, a safety report has found.

Scientists on the CSIRO research vessel Investigator have recovered a deep water robot that has spent three years gathering data in the Southern Ocean.

KUFOS researchers from Kochi are swapping warm climes for Arctic research. Four have already made it to the list of Arctic explorers. All are from the same lab and focus on the Southern Ocean. Their research includes sedimentary organic compounds, micro/nano-plastics, pollutants, Arctic warming, and methane release. Resmi P. is…