The authors behind that study attempted to find such old ice, taking a “debris-rich ice core” measuring 944 centimeters (372 inches) in length from the Ong Valley, located in the Transantarctic ...

Scientists drilled through Antarctic ice to uncover a buried river system that may reshape predictions of melting and ...

"Our human activities are accelerating the changes here because we are demanding more and more resources." Scientists issue ...

East Antarctica’s Wilkes Land and Queen Mary Land region recorded 108 gigatons of average ice sheet mass gain per year from ...

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

This was no ordinary expedition. It marked the first in-depth study of the geology, ocean conditions, and marine life beneath ...

First detected in 1958 by a Soviet expedition, these mountains are invisible to the naked eye, shrouded under the thickest ...

Australian researchers have discovered how a large mountain chain resembling the European Alps and buried deep below the East ...

One of them, led by researchers at China’s Tongji University, finds that after years of ice sheet decline, Antarctica has seen a “surprising shift”: a record-breaking accumulation of ice.

In case of abuse, Report this post. For decades, the story from Antarctica has been bleak: relentless ice loss, glaciers retreating, and a continent that once seemed untouchable now a key driver ...

If all of Antarctica’s ice melted, our coastlines would be drastically altered. Fortunately, that’s not going to happen ...

Antarctica is home to around 20 million breeding pairs of penguins, like these Adelie penguins near Paulet Island on the Antarctic Peninsula. But what's below the ice these penguins waddle on ...