Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. ... stem from 20 years of work to map the hidden continent cloaked beneath Antarctica’s ice sheets.

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 ...

Map of West Antarctica shows the subglacial topography of the study area, including the likely path the river once followed. Abbreviations: AP, Antarctic Peninsula; AT, Adare Trough; EWM ...

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.

The river, which existed during the mid-to-late Eocene epoch around 30-40 million years ago, provides valuable clues about Antarctica's dramatic climate transformation.

Researchers from Durham University in the United Kingdom used satellite and radio-echo sounding techniques to see through the ice’s surface and map nearly 20,000-mile area underneath the ice sheet. By ...

Beneath the vast, frigid expanse of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, a scientific breakthrough has unearthed a relic from an age when the now icy continent of Antarctica teemed with river networks ...

Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events—such as atmospheric rivers—by 2100, with implications for future sea level rise. A study published in Nature Communications reveals ...

The article, "Atmospheric rivers in Antarctica," is now published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. An emerging area. By their very nature, ...