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

Antarctica's Blood Falls were first observed by Australian geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor during the Terra Nova expedition in 1911.

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

Beneath Antarctica's vast expanse of ice sit hundreds of canyons, some up to tens of thousands of feet deep. These complex formations under a seemingly barren landscape play a significant role in ...

Beneath Antarctica’s frozen silence, scientists have mapped hundreds of hidden volcanoes, revealing unseen forces that quietly shape ice movement, sea levels, and the continent’s uncertain future.

IFPA subglacial topography of Antarctica. Credit: Science (2026). DOI: 10.1126/science.ady2532. Scientists have discovered there is more to Antarctica than meets the eye. A new map of the landscape ...

BOULDER, Colo. — We often hear about devastating changes happening in the Arctic, from shrinking ice sheets to polar bears struggling to find enough food and being forced to stay on land longer. But ...

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