The ice caps which cover our planet's poles are key to understanding global weather patterns and changing climate. But we ...

East Antarctica’s tectonic plate probably broke off of the supercontinent about 80 million years ago, with today’s ice sheet forming 34 million years ago. Today, the researchers write, the flat ...

Landscapes left behind by ancient rivers and buried beneath the Antarctic ice may affect the rate of ice loss, researchers ...

Ancient river landscapes buried beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have been uncovered by radar, revealing vast, flat surfaces formed over 80 million years ago before Antarctica froze. These hidden ...

New satellite technology has revealed that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, an unexpected turn of events that could ...

Scientists are using satellite data to track fractures in Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier - before its collapse triggers major ...

Researchers found ancient river-carved plains beneath East Antarctica that may help slow ice loss and improve sea-level rise ...

In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of ...

Researchers in Antarctica have recovered an ice core sample that is over 1.5 million years old. They believe it could hold ...

QUT researchers have developed an advanced remote sensing method for accurately detecting and mapping Antarctica's delicate ...

For much of the planet’s recent geological history, ice ages came and went every 41,000 years. Then, during a period ...

The glassy cylinder is the planet's oldest ice and was drilled from deep inside the Antarctic ice sheet. Frozen inside is ...