Microorganisms living in a lake beneath the ice sheet in West Antarctica feed on ocean carbon that was deposited 6,000 years ago.

After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years — a lake that ...

NASA's SWOT satellite revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents, and tectonics. From ...

Researchers, some of them in San Diego, have recovered lake sediment samples from an Antarctic lake that’s sealed under 3,500 feet of ice.

Lake Mercer, a subglacial lake deep below the Antarctic Ice, sat untouched for millennia — until now. Scientists accidentally discovered the lake in 2007, when they were examining satellite ...

In January 2013, researchers pulled the first water samples from a dark, frigid lake sealed beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Within hours, they announced they had found live cells in the water (SN ...

A new type of microbe has been found at a lake buried under Antarctica's thick ice, according to news reports. The find may unveil clues of the surrounding environment in the lake, according to ...

Antarctica may be hiding a large lake under its ice – second only to Lake Vostok in size ­– according to data presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna this week.

OSLO (Reuters) – A British plan to drill into a sunless lake deep under Antarctica’s ice in December could show the risks of quicker sea level rise caused by climate change, scientists said on ...

A team of British engineers is set to begin a journey to a lake hidden beneath nearly 2 miles of Antarctic ice. The explorers depart next week for Antarctica on the first stage of an ambitious ...

Theories about Antarctica's Lake Vostok spark intrigue, hinting at undiscovered life beneath the ice. ... 11 Theories About What Might Lie Under Antarctica's 'Alien' Lake Vostok.

Lake Vostok, buried deep beneath miles of Antarctic ice, appears to be divided into two deep basins, according to the first overall water depth map of the area. IE 11 is not supported.