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

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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump has begun eroding the United States presence in Antarctica by announcing deep funding cuts to his ...

In East Antarctica, a vast mountain range is hidden beneath thousands of meters of ice where it's been trapped for millions ...

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

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

But East Antarctica has been tectonically stable for ... it eventually became unstable and began to collapse under its own weight. Deep beneath the surface, hot rocks began to flow sideways ...