A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice removed.

When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

One of the most unknown places on Earth is Antarctica. A place that has been analyzed in recent decades and still holds many mysteries. Some of them have been solved recently thank ...

Removing the 27 million cubic km of ice that covers Antarctica, the hidden locations of the tallest mountains are revealed. From Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for ...

Scientists are rethinking what we knew about a vanished ice sheet — and that could spell trouble for New York City.

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica ... gives a clear view of the towering mountains and deep canyons hidden by the ice sheets. It was compiled using more than 60 years of data ...