New research has now revealed just how much: Krill can store at least 20 million metric tons of carbon in the deep ocean annually. This equates to $4 billion to $46 billion, depending on the price ...

In fact, Antarctic krill can fertilise the oceans, ultimately supporting marine life from tiny plankton through to massive whales and, through their faeces, they can increase the store of carbon ...

For the first time, we used a computer model of ocean currents to show that krill waste products don’t need to reach great depths to achieve carbon storage for at least 100 years.

New research shows that increased levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could reduce the ability of Antarctic krill, a tiny shrimp-like crustacean, to help take CO2 from the atmosphere.

Most of this human-made carbon in the Southern Ocean is tucked away in the uppermost 500 meters. A second set of currents brings water from down deeper up toward the surface.

The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica is regarded by scientists as a large and crucial absorber of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. New findings from autonomous floats deployed in the Southern ...

December 27, 2004. Antarctic iced over when greenhouse gases – not ocean currents – shifted, study suggests. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A longstanding theory that provides much of the basis for our ...

The Antarctic Ocean is one of the most important ocean ecosystems, according to Nissen This icy ocean is more than just a home to penguins and whales. It plays a critical role in regulating the ...

The ocean, which has absorbed some excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for centuries, may be losing that ability, a new report says. The buildup of carbon dioxide in the air since the ...

Experts have reconstructed the depth of the Southern Ocean at key phases in the last 34 million years of the Antarctic's climate history ...

The Southern Ocean is saturated with carbon dioxide and can’t absorb any more, report an international team of scientists. The ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, contains 15% of the world’s ...