Strip away Antarctica’s ice and the familiar white disc at the bottom of the map dissolves into something far stranger: a ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

Imagine peeling back miles of frozen white and revealing valleys, rivers, and mountains that haven't seen sunlight in tens of millions of years. Long before Antarctica froze over, rivers carved ...

Researchers recently found an "undiscovered landscape" beneath Antarctica's ice. The continent once looked very different and was much warmer. Researchers are eager to learn more about Antarctica's ...

In the race to comprehend the impacts of global warming on Antarctica, scientists have uncovered a crucial piece of the puzzle beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS). This revelation, suggesting ...

The team studied a series of climate forcings to determine the primary factor that is making Antarctica's ice sheets ...

Hidden beneath the thick, frozen skin of East Antarctica lies a surprising discovery—ancient river-carved landscapes that may hold the key to understanding how the vast ice sheet will behave as the ...

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.

Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in the world, and it’s nearly completely covered by ice. Due to global warming, ice is melting rapidly in parts of the continent, according to a 2023 study.

The hidden face of Antarctica, concealed for more than 30 million years beneath thick ice, is revealed in a new map and video of the continent's rocky surface, released Tuesday by NASA. The project, ...