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

One area of the world that needs our help the most is Antarctica, with its ice melts affecting the entire world's climate.

Ancient river landscapes buried beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have been uncovered by radar, revealing vast, flat ...

In Antarctica, two giant rifts, known as Chasm 1 and Halloween Crack, split across the Brunt Ice Shelf. The implications of ...

Hidden beneath the thick ice sheet of East Antarctica, a team of researchers has uncovered the remnants of vast prehistoric river landscapes. These ancient, river-carved plains, preserved for millions ...

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 ...

Hidden landscapes under Antarctic ice may slow glacier flow. These ancient surfaces could change how we predict sea-level ...

Mountains, sub-glacial lakes, hidden valleys, even remnants of lost civilisations: what lies under Antarctica's vast ...

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

Scientists have drilled down into the ice and extracted a core which is 2.8km long where the deepest part could be up to 1.5million years old. | ITV National News ...

In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of thousands of years old in search of clues to our planet's changing climate."We want ...

Glacial retreat caused a wave of volcanic activity in southern Chile as the last Ice Age came to an end, according to new research.