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

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said Robin E. Bell, referring to icy moons. Bell is a research professor at Columbia ...

Antarctica is one of only two places ... and even researchers crossing the ice sheet on dog sleds. The map gives us a remarkably clear view of the bed, including frozen mountains and canyons.

The new map of Antarctica's topography beneath the ice ... it's become clear the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker than we originally realised and has a larger volume of ice that is grounded on ...

Never seen, perhaps, but that doesn't mean forever to remain unknown. For years, the British Antarctic Survey has been flying planes over the frozen southern continent, using radar, sound waves, and ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

Bulges might appear when lakes under the ice sheet fill, or disappear when they empty. More than 140 active subglacial lakes have been identified beneath Antarctica over the past two decades.

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ...