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 ...

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.

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

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

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.

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, ...

As Antarctica began to cool slightly, small glaciers grew in the river valleys, Jamieson said. But then a large cooling event occurred, leading to the expansion of the growth of East Antarctica ...

An ancient landscape, likely once home to rivers and forests, has been found beneath a mile of ice in Antarctica. The area, ...

While scientists expect East Antarctica to remain relatively stable for 100 years or more, the new discovery could also have implications for how quickly glaciers disintegrate in West Antarctica.