Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

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

In the first study to consider the long-term evolution of the rivers that flow beneath glaciers, researchers have new ...

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

A pair of researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada, working with a colleague from the Scripps Institution of ...

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

The British Antarctic Survey has revealed a new map showing what Antarctica looks like under the several thousands of meters ...

Theoretically, warming water around Antarctica should speed up the current. This is because density changes and winds around Antarctica dictate the strength of the current. Warm water is less ...

Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed map yet" of Antarctica's landscape beneath its blanket of ice, a ...

Have you ever wondered what Antarctica might look like without ice ... greater risk of melting due to the incursion of warm ocean water that’s occurring at the fringes of the continent.

A new detailed map of Antarctica is set to significantly improve predictions of how ice flows and melts in response to ...

A new discovery of methane leaks in Antarctica could be a game-changer and potential near-term threat that’s difficult to ...