Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

A pair of researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada, working with a colleague from the Scripps Institution of ...

Antarctica’s summer sea ice has dropped to one of its lowest extents ever recorded, shrinking to levels 30% below the ...

The results include numerous subglacial lakes developing below ice streams in both East and West Antarctica, and an extensive network of subglacial water channels that discharge large fluxes of ...

Byron Adams and students flying on a C-17 military airplane, going from New Zealand to Antarctica ... below zero. “That refers to survival, not comfort,” said Doran. “We use hot-water ...

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica ... of ice that is grounded on a rock bed sitting below sea level. This puts ...

Tendrils of ice-covered brine, or brinicles, leak from sea ice near East Antarctica ... The water was going to be colder than 29 degrees Fahrenheit. (Salt water remains liquid below freshwater ...

"And so it is with Antarctica ... on a rock bed sitting below sea-level. He added: “This puts the ice at greater risk of melting due to the incursion of warm ocean water that's occurring ...