But East Antarctica has been tectonically stable for millions of ... As the crust thickened and heated during mountain ...

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

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

In addition to low-lying valleys, covered lakes, and bizarre sub-glacial rivers, the Antarctic ice is also hiding massive ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Updates on the veterinarian who travelled to Antarctica as part of the Homeward Bound Projects; and hear about Australia’s much-anticipated upcoming annual national veterinary conference.

A glacier in Antarctica is committing 'ice piracy' -- stealing ice from a neighbor -- in a phenomenon that has never been observed in such a short time frame, say scientists.

This incident underscores a stark reality: Under some climate scenarios, scientists predict, 80 percent of Antarctica’s emperor penguin colonies will disappear by the turn of the century.

Erin Easton, assistant professor for the School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, was a part of a research ...