Hidden beneath the thick, frozen skin of East Antarctica lies a surprising discovery—ancient river-carved landscapes that may hold the key to understanding how the vast ice sheet will behave as the ...

Antarctica is turning green at an alarming rate as events of extreme heat have reshaped the continent’s landscape over the past few decades. Using satellite data, a team of scientists captured the ...

In the face of growing global pressures, a new report from Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF), including University of Adelaide researchers, highlights the opportunity to strengthen and ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of mountains, canyons, ...

A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 meters up into the sky. It is cold. Survival is hard ...

Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than 10-fold over the last four decades, new research shows. The Antarctic Peninsula, like many polar regions, is warming faster than ...

Scientists have completed the most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica. This is the third version of this map, and is known as Bedmap3. It has incorporated data from ...

In the face of growing global pressures, a new report from Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF), including University of Adelaide researchers, highlights the opportunity to strengthen and ...