The ancient Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the middle of East Antarctica are entombed beneath kilometres of ice ...

The world's two gigantic ice sheets are in greater peril from global warming than previously thought, a study published May 20 says.

Beneath Antarctica’s thick ice lies a secret landscape shaped by ancient forces. New research is helping uncover what’s been ...

To validate their method, the USTC team joined forces with glaciologists Professor Michael Bender and Dr. Sarah Shackleton from Princeton University. Together, they analyzed two 1-kilogram ice samples ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains ... which decays at a known rate and allows scientists to determine their age with ...

New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the ...

The formation of the Gondwana supercontinent also gave rise to an Antarctic range that has been covered by ice for 500 million years.

The mysterious ‘ghost mountains’ – buried beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice – have puzzled scientists for decades.

Efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C under the Paris Climate Agreement may not go far enough to save the ...

New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the ...