"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

Never seen, perhaps, but that doesn't mean forever to remain unknown. For years, the British Antarctic Survey has been flying ...

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) The new research also reveals, in unprecedented detail, the shape of the ice sheet and ice shelves that float around the fringes of the continent. —1st map of ...

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

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

Antarctica’s summer sea ice has dropped to one of its lowest extents ever recorded, shrinking to levels 30% below the ...

(Excluding ice shelves: 2,148 m ... An early takeaway from the map suggest the Antarctic ice sheet could be more vulnerable to climate change due to a larger section resting below sea level ...

Scientists uncovered a thriving, never-before-seen ecosystem beneath Antarctica after a giant iceberg broke off.

A new study found parts of Antartica could pass a tipping point for mass ice sheet losses as soon as 2050 – pushing sea ...

UCT researchers explored Antarctica’s Fimbul Ice Shelf, collecting data to model future climate shifts and marking South ...