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

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

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

Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS, said it had become clear that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker ...

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

"In general, it's become clear the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker than we originally realised and has a larger volume of ice ...

The most detailed map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet ... This puts the ice at greater risk of melting due to the incursion of warm ocean water that's occurring at the ...

The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team including scientists ...

BEIJING -- Chinese scientists have successfully conducted an ice-cap detection experiment in Antarctica using a domestically ...

Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems.

The world's strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it with fresh ... the current -- which flows clockwise around Antarctica -- also acts as a barrier that stops ...

A massive superberg, four times as big as New York City, has halted east of the southern tip of South America.