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

How hidden lakes threaten Antarctic Ice Sheet stability. Credit: European Space Agency But subglacial water is largely ...

Through satellite gravimetry analysis of Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) mass changes from 2002 to 2023, striking mass change rates ...

Antarctica is home to over 100 volcanoes, many of which lie hidden beneath the ice sheet, particularly along the western coast ... chambers buried under the Antarctic ice sheet.

At its thickest point, the ice sheet in Antarctic is almost 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) thick. | Credit: British Antarctic Survey (BAS) The new research also reveals, in unprecedented detail ...

Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS, said in a statement: "In general, it's become clear the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker than we originally realised and has a larger volume ...

Enhanced westerly winds associated with global warming will strengthen the clockwise circulations and heat transport to the ice sheet in the East Antarctic coastal area.

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very ...