Bulges might appear when lakes under the ice sheet fill, or disappear when they empty. More than 140 active subglacial lakes have been identified beneath Antarctica over the past two decades.

A variety of techniques, including radar, seismic reflection (sound waves), and gravity measurements, sense the landscape of the rock bed under Antarctica's ice. Subtracting this topography ...

Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found corals, sponges and even giant sea spiders some 750 feet under the ...

Trees in this ancient forest faced challenges ... pyramid found peaking from below the ice in Antarctica Surprising prehistoric landscape discovered under two kilometers of Antarctic ice The ...

But beneath Antarctica ... beneath ice layers thousands of meters thick. The ice not only hides these volcanoes but also stabilizes them. Its massive weight holds magma chambers under control ...

When an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off from one of Antarctica's massive floating ... robots it shouldn't be hard to work under significant ice, he said, but it remains a serious ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: On a recent expedition to Antarctica, researchers made a startling discovery after part of a huge ice sheet ... so much life under this location.

Bulges might appear when lakes under the ice sheet fill, or disappear when they empty. More than 140 active subglacial lakes have been identified beneath Antarctica over the past two decades.