Antarctica's nearest neighbour is the tip of South America, although this is still around 1,000km away. It would take over two days to reach it by boat. The Geographic South Pole is the most ...

One of the most unknown places on Earth is Antarctica. A place that has been analyzed in recent decades and still holds many ...

A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when ...

As the name suggests, it's the third incarnation of attempts to map Antarctica’s rock bed, featuring more than double the ...

Underneath Antarctica’s endless sheets of ice lies a hidden world of deep valleys, towering peaks, and sprawling plains. For ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Priyali Prakash explains what is Bedmap3, the most comprehensive map yet of the ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

Antarctica’s total ice volume is now estimated at 27.17 million cubic kilometers (6.52 million cubic miles). The ice sheet ...

The field of research in geosciences and geography spans all of Earth, from the glaciers in Antarctica to bustling metropolises. Earth and its changes throughout time are studied, for example, through ...