The new series Frozen Planet, by the creators of the super-popular and universally-acclaimed Planet Earth, details the wildlife and changing nature of the world's poles: the Antarctic and the Arctic.…
Chinstrap penguin chick. Photo by: Julie Larsen Maher. A new blog, dubbed the Real Chicks of Central Park, is allowing visitors an intimate look at eight impossibly-cute penguin chicks. Including…
Giant crab invasion looms in Antarctica Dangerous and disruptive king crabs lurk in a deep pocket of the Antarctic continental shelf, clamoring to escape their cold-water prison to reach and…
A new report finds that the oceans are facing a mass extinction. One day many of the world's marine species may only be found in aquariums, if at all, such…
Chinstrap penguins. Photo by: NOAA/Mike Goebel. . Climate change has hit species of Antarctic penguins by causing a staggering decline in their prey: krill. A new study in the Proceedings…
Researchers expected the shrinking ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland to eventually become the greatest contributor to the world's rising sea levels; they just didn't expect it to happen so…
In November of 2010, the Antarctic toothfish fishery was deemed sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council. This certification goes against the advice of many marine scientists who claim that insufficient…
An interview with David Ainley. Imagine an ocean untouched by oil spills: a sea free of pollution, invasive species, dead zones, and over-exploitation; waters where marine animals exist in natural…
Everyone loves penguins. With their characteristic black-and-white 'tuxedo' markings, upright waddle, and childlike stature, penguins seem at once exotic and familiar: exotic because they live far from most human habitations,…
Using genetic evidence scientists have discovered that the world’s killer whales, also known as orcas (Orcinus orca), likely represent at least three separate species. Scientists have long thought that there…
In a discovery at the bottom of the world that could have implications on the search for extraterrestrial life, researchers were astounded to find an amphipod swimming beneath a massive…
An iceberg the size of Luxembourg broke off from Antarctica after it was hit by another iceberg, reports Reuters. The separation could impact ocean circulation and affect marine life say…
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has found that every ice front in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula—the coldest part—has been retreating overall for the past sixty years with…
Allowing the climate to rise by just two degrees Celsius—the target most industrialized nations are currently discussing in Copenhagen—may still lead to a catastrophic sea level rise of six to…
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a list of ten species that are likely to be among the hardest hit by climate change, including beloved…
A new study—the first of its kind—has completed an annual accounting of the oceans' intake of carbon over the past 250 years, and the news is troubling. According to the…
Researchers examining 43 million satellite measurements of Antarctica's thinning ice sheets and 7 million of Greenland's, show that the ice is melting faster than expected. Published in Nature the research…
Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have uncovered a novel way to locate the world’s largest penguin’s breeding sites, employing satellite imagery they seek out emperor penguin guano, droppings…
Increasing ice in Antarctica is not a sign that the earth is actually cooling instead of warming as some climate change-skeptics have attested. A new study finds that the growth…
Living in isolation for millions of years, cut off from sunlight and oxygen, surviving by breathing iron beneath an Antarctic glacier—such are the conditions of newly-discovered microbes living under Taylor…
As though commenting on world leader's lack of progress in combating climate change at the G20 conference last week, an ice bridge connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf to the Antarctic…
Ozone hole is second-largest on record in 2008 Ozone hole is second-largest on record in 2008 mongabay.com October 30, 2008
2-degree rise in temperature may doom penguins colonies 2-degree rise in temperature may doom penguins mongabay.com October 10, 2008
Study confirms strong link between CO2 and climate over 70,000 years Study confirms strong link between CO2 and climate over 70,000 years mongabay.com September 11, 2008 Analysis of ice core…
Sea level rise likely limited to 2-6 feet by 2100 Forecast sea level rise may be overestimated by some models mongabay.com September 4, 2008 Global sea level rise is unlikely…
Elephant seals go where no one has gone before: using seals for climate change research Seals used for climate change research Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com August 11, 2008 Animals have aided…
Antarctica's last stand of life: unprecedented fossil finds grant new insight into the continent's natural history Fossil finds grant new insight into the Antarctica's natural history Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com August…
