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

The deep seafloor showed a flourishing ecosystem, and the team believes they may have discovered several new species during their research.

Antarctica isn’t a floating chunk of ice like the Arctic. Beneath its frozen surface sits a solid continent of mountains, ...

Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve sea-level rise forecasts and explore the possibility of refreezing ...

Antarctica’s total ice volume is now estimated at 27.17 million cubic kilometers (6.52 million cubic miles). The ice sheet ...

Stanford researchers have integrated machine learning with high-resolution satellite and aerial observations to analyze the ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

In 2019, climate scientist Steffen Olsen took a startling photo of huskies appearing to walk on water. The photo went viral as it revealed the reality of Greenland's melting ice.

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

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

Stanford researchers have combined machine learning with high-resolution satellite and airplane observations to understand ...