Anna Wåhlin, the lead researcher of the study, remarked, “By maneuvering the submersible into the cavity, we obtained ...

New images from ESA's Biomass satellite reveal forests, volcanoes, deserts and glaciers in striking detail, hinting at what's still to come.

The ancient landscape was discovered in Wilkes Land, a remote inland part of East Antarctica, and spanned more than 12,000 square miles ...

It was frozen in time. Antarctica wasn’t always a desolate icescape. International researchers announced the discovery of an over 30-million-year-old lost world beneath the Antarctic ice that ...

The landscape has remained untouched since the ice sheet formed, preserving features shaped by ancient rivers.

Beneath the thick ice of East Antarctica lies a hidden world—untouched for over 34 million years. This frozen expanse, more than 10 million square kilometers wide, has long concealed a forgotten ...

DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119445 "The Antarctic ice sheets blanket and mask the bedrock geology of Antarctica," said Benowitz, a co-author on the paper.

Many Antarctic Ice Sheet computer simulations — or models — that predict sea level rise ignore the effects of subglacial water and are probably underestimating its impact, Zhao says.

Bedmap3 reveals new insights into the topography of Antarctica. From Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica (by Pritchard, H., et al. ) ...

The Antarctic ice sheet and the surrounding ice-covered ocean are vital parts of Earth’s climate system, influencing its atmosphere, ocean, land, ice, and biological processes.

A massive iceberg broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica in January, giving researchers a rare opportunity to observe a part of the planet never before seen by humans. Coincidentally ...

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' worth of technology to take a peek.