Research involving the University of Liverpool has discovered a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica. In ...

West Antarctica is headed for decades of rapid melting no matter how quickly humans cut greenhouse gas emissions, and 2023 shattered records for missing sea ice around the continent.

A recent study found that four large glacier basins in East Antarctica have experienced substantial ice growth over the past ...

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

Antarctica hides much more than an icy expanse. Beneath miles (kilometers) of ice, a 500-million-year-old mountain range is puzzling scientists. This discovery sheds light on the dynamics ...

Antarctica appears sparse. Nothing but white ice, glaciers and harsh conditions that only a few animals have adapted to ...

Scientists have uncovered an ancient landscape beneath Antarctica's ice, revealing a past environment with rivers and forests that existed between 14 and 34 million years ago. Using satellite data and ...

East Antarctica – home to the South Pole – is where the most frigid conditions on Earth are found and is typically protected from this kind of extreme warmth, according to Mikolajczyk.

An ancient landscape, likely once home to rivers and forests, has been found beneath a mile of ice in Antarctica. The area, untouched for more than 34 million years, covers around 12,000 square miles ...

East Antarctica is, in many respects, a giant cipher at the bottom of the world. “It's like saying we have weather stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, ...

A buried secret. The Gamburtsev Mountains are buried beneath the highest point of the East Antarctica ice sheet.They were first discovered by a Soviet expedition using seismic techniques in 1958.

We hear a lot about climate wake-up calls. Here’s one you would do well not to ignore: Antarctica had the most extreme heatwave ever recorded. In March 2022, east Antarctica saw temperatures of ...