A new generation of ice-penetrating maps has turned the blank white of Antarctica into a richly contoured world of mountains, ...

New Antarctica map reveals a landscape of hidden valleys and channels beneath ice, improving sea-level rise and ice flow ...

Up to 98 percent of Antarctica is caked in miles-thick ice sheets, some of which formed millions upon millions of years ago.

Research allows for the development of strategies to combat climate change, taking into account the hidden landscapes ...

A study led by Helen Ockenden maps the hidden terrain under Antarctica’s ice, revealing features that shape glaciers and inform future climate models ...

Ancient granite boulders reveal a vast hidden structure beneath Pine Island Glacier, reshaping understanding of Antarctic ice flow. Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of th ...

Scientists create the most detailed map of Antarctica’s terrain under ice, revealing mountains, valleys, and plains to help predict climate change impact.

Discover the mysterious world beneath Antarctica’s thick ice sheet, mapped in unprecedented detail.

Headlines about melting ice sheets usually focus on what is lost and then move on. What comes next is often overlooked, even though it matters just as much.

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water that attack the ice from below. These secretive currents, spinning in the ...

Beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth – a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of the North Sea. This hidden ocean matters because it is the ice ...