One of the more striking phenomena is Antarctica's Blood Falls – a waterfall whose main claim to fame is its cascade of crimson waters. Does such an unsettling-sounding waterfall actually exist?

An curved arrow pointing right. Scientists with the Australian Antarctic Division are testing Antarctica's waters for acidity, salinity, temperature, and oxygen content using underwater robots.

Antarctica is not the icy world scientists thought it was. A team of scientists recently compiled the most detailed map, yet, of liquid water across Antarctica. They found water in places where it ...

At the same time, the lower half moves south along the seabed from Antarctica, entering a loop of ocean currents known as thermohaline circulation. Although there are other underwater waterfalls ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago broke off am Antarctic ice shelf to reveal a thriving ecosystem underneath, according to ...

Scientists have recently uncovered a wondrous and vibrant underwater world, previously hidden beneath a massive glacier in Antarctica. The glacier, covering an area of about 510 sq.km.

A helmet jellyfish drifts with tentacles splayed in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica, an area in where the shelf break and slope are cut by several underwater gullies. (Caption and photo ...

Related: Blood Falls: Antarctica's crimson waterfall forged ... The Denmark Strait cataract isn't the only known underwater waterfall, although other documented cascades can't compete with it ...

The Southern Ocean, which circles the globe without being blocked by land, is home to the Antarctic Circumpolar ... Beneath the cliffs of Waterfall Bay is a vast network of underground caves ...

Earth is home to some truly mind-boggling landscapes, from salt-covered deserts to giant, underwater waterfalls ... The Drake Passage off the West Antarctic Peninsula is a notoriously dangerous ...

On January 13, 2025, iceberg A-84, which is roughly the size of Chicago, broke from the George VI Ice Shelf, a giant floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ... allowing for these ...