Researchers reveal a dynamic geologic past for Antarctica’s Transantarctic Mountains, uncovering ancient mountain-building ...

It holds within it a sample of the ancient atmosphere, offering a rare glimpse into a time when global temperatures and CO₂ ...

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and it's been that way for around 34 million years. Yet researchers have only ...

The mysterious ‘ghost mountains’ – buried beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice – have puzzled scientists for decades.

There's an entire mountain range as big as the European Alps completely hidden under Antarctica's ice that no one has ever ...

Underneath miles-deep ice sheets covering Antarctica lies the largest ... then unleashed a flow of molten rock beneath the mountains. As that molten layer became hotter and thicker, the mountains ...

The ozone layer above the Antarctic may be healing at last, according to a promising new study. The Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) found that the hole above the South Pole closed ...

Unfortunately, a famous hole in the layer exists over the Antarctic for a few months a year, letting in cancer-causing ultraviolet (UV) light. Now, researchers warn that the hole is lingering ...

Rothera runway is made of all natural materials, all sourced from Antarctica. Crushed rock is used in place of ... "but then you have a layer of ice that needs to be left untouched.

Because they've been preserved by a deep layer of ice ... Further analysis of these rock samples will help reconstruct the hidden architecture of East Antarctica. Antarctica remains a continent ...

Underneath miles-deep ice sheets covering Antarctica lies the largest mountain ... The tectonic collision then unleashed a flow of molten rock beneath the mountains. As that molten layer became hotter ...