The Maud Rise polynya has been sporadically opening up in Antarctica's ice since at least the 1970s. Now climatologists finally know why.

Sea ice surrounding the continent expands outward, effectively doubling Antarctica's size. But during the winters of 2016 and ...

On October 2nd, 2021, the USS Connecticut, one of the US Navy's formidable Seawolf-class nuclear fast attack submarines, encountered a disaster that would mark a years-long setback for its ...

Scientists first discovered the mysterious hole in the 1970s, but questions have remained about how it formed.

S cientists have discovered the missing fragment of the Maud Rise polynya puzzle, providing a full picture of the mystery at ...

In the winter ice crusting over the Antarctic Weddell Sea, near a submerged peak named Maud Rise, a huge hole sometimes opens ...

The Emperor Seamount Chain is a massive and richly biodiverse set of underwater mountains stretching about 3,000 kilometers ...

During our time here, we have observed the animals that live on the summit of this seamount and the pelagic, or marine, invertebrates that occupy the water column around it. Our sub surfaces after ...

“We’re still astounded by what we observed,” she says. Soldierfish gather near the summit of an underwater seamount Top left: ...

Rarely-seen deep-sea sharks have been spotted mysteriously gathering off a seamount near Panama — the first time the species has ever been documented in the area. In a study published March 8 in ...

Klimley: Three things. First, where do they go when they leave the seamount for good—not just for the night—as they do every year. When do they leave? How far do they go? Do they have a ...