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A total collapse of the roughly 80-mile-wide Thwaites Glacier, the widest in the world, would trigger changes that could lead ...
Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the ...
A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...
A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...
The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered—and ...
The Antarctic ice sheet, which covers 98% of the continent, averages around 1.2 miles in thickness, with its thickest point reaching nearly 3 miles, the Australian Antarctic Program reports.
Many of us know Antarctica as a land of ice and not much else. But hidden beneath the miles of glaciers and ice sheets lies a landmass that was last exposed 40 million years ago.
A vast ancient landscape, untouched for more than 34 million years, has been discovered buried beneath more than a mile of ice in East Antarctica. The hidden terrain lies in a remote region known ...
Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than 60 years' worth of data from satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds.
From 2021 to 2023, ice mass in East Antarctica particularly showed signs of recovery. However, scientists still say it may not signal a long-term trend. From 2021 to 2023, ...
Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map of Antarctica without ice, revealing its hidden mountains, canyons, and geological features. The new Bedmap3 dataset helps researchers understand ice ...
Antarctica is also home to over 400 subglacial lakes. The largest, Lake Vostok , lies under 2.5 miles (4 km) of ice near Russia's Vostok Station. "And what's in there?