Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

The formation of the Gondwana supercontinent also gave rise to an Antarctic range that has been covered by ice for 500 ...

That’s what it looks like from the surface, but there are hidden organisms and environments tucked inside and underneath the ...

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...

Around 90 per cent of Antarctica is buried under thick ice. The average depth of this layer is nearly 2.2 kilometres.

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, ...

Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice lies a system of lakes and watercourses. A research team, including ETH researchers, has for ...

Since 1958, the US has led on Antarctic diplomacy and science. Trump’s funding cuts will diminish US capacity in Antarctica ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, ...

Antarctica is also home to over 400 subglacial lakes. The largest, Lake Vostok, lies under 2.5 miles (4 km) of ice near Russia's Vostok Station. "And what's in there? Probably microbes," Klages said.

If all of Antarctica’s ice melted, our coastlines would be drastically altered. Fortunately, that’s not going to happen ...