Satellites reveal 85 new lakes beneath Antarctica’s ice, exposing a shifting underworld that influences glaciers and future sea-level rise.

The European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite monitors subtle changes in ice sheet thickness in Antarctica and Greenland.

Unveiling a new chapter in the understanding of Antarctica’s hidden waterways, scientists have discovered 85 ‘active’ lakes ...

A sudden calving at the George VI Ice Shelf opened a rare window into a realm long sealed from sunlight. What researchers found—thriving life beneath ...

Landscapes left behind by ancient rivers and buried beneath the Antarctic ice may affect the rate of ice loss, researchers report in Nature Geoscience. The team used radio echo sounding, a technique ...

Scientists have recently identified an intriguing gravitational anomaly concealed beneath the icy vastness of Antarctica. This fascinating discovery prompts us to explore its origins, the methods used ...

New maps from a lost under-ice robot reveal strange, dune-like patterns beneath West Antarctica—features hundreds of meters ...

Researchers have shown a hidden world under Antarctica composed of giant 'wetlands' beneath thick layers of ice. Beneath 2,600 feet lies a truly unique world isolated from the surface and full of ...