A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might ...

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of ...

A groundbreaking study has unveiled Antarctica's hidden, rugged topography beneath its ice sheet, revealing mountains, valleys and canyons. Using advanced satellite data, scientists mapped this ...

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 ...

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Analysis of a 2001 sediment core reveals thinning of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet, reducing CO2's absorption capability in ...

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Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden beneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheet, uncovering a dramatic landscape of mountains, canyons, valleys and plains, while ...