The research shows that the creation of an escarpment, plateau, and mountain region in East Antarctica produced the high terrain needed for snow and ice to build up. The process began when Antarctica ...

The Wilkes Subglacial Basin is a huge depression in the bedrock beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Although it is one of ...

By Niklas Pollard, Johan Ahlander and Marie Mannes STOCKHOLM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Belgian-American Francis Halzen won the ...

Antarctica may feel very far away from everyday life. But when ice sitting on land moves into the ocean, it raises sea levels ...

A region of Antarctica with some of the greatest potential to reshape the natural world and human society is also the least ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that helped release long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Deep-sea ...

In recent years global warming has left its mark on the Antarctic ice sheets. The 'eternal' ice in Antarctica is melting faster than previously assumed, particularly in West Antarctica more than East ...

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions now may limit how much ice Antarctica loses this century and reduce the sea-level rise ...

Antarctica may look like one of the least likely places to find dinosaurs, but ...

Once you go, you cannot return for over a year. There are no convenience stores, no hospitals. Outside, it is dozens of ...

Antarctica is cold, and if you want to live there you need to bring diesel to keep the heaters on, but China is trying to do it all with renewables.

The Australian Antarctic Program’s (AAP) annual recruitment campaign is open, presenting Australians with a life changing ...