Scientists have long known more about the surfaces of some other worlds than what lies beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet, which ...

Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica's vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.

What's under the ice? For the first time, scientists have been able to map the mountains and valleys under the ice of Antarctica.

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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 ...

Picture Antarctica not as a smooth, frozen plain, but as a rugged world of mountains, valleys, and deep channels buried beneath kilometers of ice. That unseen landscape is now coming into focus.

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Researchers have published the most complete map of Antarctica’s subglacial bedrock using Ice Flow Perturbation Analysis (IFPA), revealing thousands of unseen hills and ridges in the Maud Subglacial ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped Antarctica’sburied landscape in high resolution beneath the continent’s thick ice ...

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A team of scientists has overcome a major challenge in predicting how Antarctic life will fare under future climate scenarios, revealing five scenarios for the future of Antarctic life.