Scientists have determined that at least six new aquatic species have been thriving under an Antarctic ice shelf.

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

Scientists explored the seafloor after an iceberg broke off the Antarctic ice sheet. They were shocked by what they found.

Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed map yet" of Antarctica's landscape beneath its blanket of ice, a ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map yet of what Antarctica looks like when you strip away ...

A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa's isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one ...

Have you ever wondered what Antarctica might look like without ice? Now, a new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed ...

Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve sea-level rise forecasts and explore the possibility of refreezing ...

More than two hundred days of successful drilling and ice core processing operations occurred across four field seasons, and in the harsh environment of the central Antarctic plateau. At an ...

The geographic location of the Antarctic enables science that is less suitable elsewhere on the planet. An example of this is ...

but his field work has mainly been in the northern polar region; this is only James's second time in Antarctica. "We think that spending some time understanding the Antarctic ice sheet and the ...