As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

A ntarctica isn’t a floating chunk of ice like the Arctic. Beneath its frozen surface sits a solid continent of mountains, ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global climate indicators, ...

Stanford researchers have integrated machine learning with high-resolution satellite and aerial observations to analyze the ...

A new detailed map of Antarctica is set to significantly improve predictions of how ice flows and melts in response to ...

What lies below Antarctica's ice sheet? Mountains, canyons and a lot more have been revealed by Bedmap3, a map of the ...

As the planet heats up and Antarctica’s ice sheet melts at a faster pace, scientists warn of a steady rise in sea levels.

open image in gallery Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, according to researchers. An influx ...

"In general, it's become clear the Antarctic ice sheet is thicker than we originally realized," said Peter Fretwell of the British Antarctic Survey, which produced the map. A mix of good news and ...

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global climate indicators, ...