Beneath kilometers of ice in East Antarctica, a team of geoscientists led by geophysicist Stewart Jamieson of Durham ...

Weathered rocks sitting above the ice hold iron concentrations up to ten times higher than earlier reports from elsewhere in ...

Glaciers in East Antarctica could lose ice faster in the future than previously thought, scientists reported Friday, in an alarming feedback loop where glacier meltwater is triggering even more ice ...

A new map of Antarctica’s seafloor reveals a vast and previously overlooked network of 332 submarine canyons, some plunging ...

An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said Friday. The collapse, captured ...

New study at South Pole discovers embayment the size of the UK formed part of East Antarctica’s elusive edge. East Antarctica is the least known region of Earth. Studying this remote part of the ...

If you were to wander along the parts of Antarctica that are ice-free, you might be surprised to see something soft and ...

Alarming new research shows that the massive East Antarctica ice sheet is already a major contributor to sea-level rise. An aerial view of the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, in Antarctica, in 2017.

An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said Friday. The collapse, captured ...

In a warming climate, meltwater from Antarctica is expected to contribute significantly to rising seas. For the most part, though, research has been focused on West Antarctica, in places like the ...

It is relatively common for ice shelves in Antarctica to spawn icebergs. It is less common for an ice shelf to completely disintegrate. In March 2022, an ice shelf in East Antarctica did both. The ...

A University of Houston scientist has teamed with international partners to examine how Antarctica's massive glaciers are ...