Ancient river landscapes buried beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have been uncovered by radar, revealing vast, flat ...

In a groundbreaking study published in Marine Geology, researchers have uncovered a total of 332 submarine canyons under ...

Antarctica’s “oldest ice” has reached the next leg of its journey: a laboratory in Cambridge, England. Here, it is to undergo ...

Researchers found ancient river-carved plains beneath East Antarctica that may help slow ice loss and improve sea-level rise ...

East Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth. Alone, it holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by a ...

In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of ...

Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the ...

Researchers map an ancient hidden river in Antarctica, uncovering flat terrain beneath the ice sheet that could influence ...

In 2022, an international team of scientists sent a 20-foot-long autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named “Ran” to traverse ...

Antarctica is also home to over 400 subglacial lakes. The largest, Lake Vostok , lies under 2.5 miles (4 km) of ice near Russia's Vostok Station. "And what's in there?

The West Antarctic ice sheet is Antarctica’s largest contributor to sea-level rise. The ice loss is driven by interactions with the Southern Ocean, particularly in the Amundsen Sea.