Far below the frozen surface of Antarctica, scientists are uncovering a landscape that looks less like a featureless ice cap and more like a buried continent, complete with mountains, valleys, rivers ...

A groundbreaking study has unveiled Antarctica's hidden, rugged topography beneath its ice sheet, revealing mountains, ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human ...

The map shows diverse geological features shaping Antarctic glaciers from below, which can improve climate models of ice melt.

The majority of Antarctica is covered in a thick sheet of ice, but what lies beneath its frozen surface has largely remained a mystery. A rare look at the subglacial landscape of the frozen continent ...

According to a new study, Antarctica is at risk of abrupt and potentially irreversible changes to its ice, ocean, and ecosystems that could have profound implications for Australia and beyond. The ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm about sudden and dramatic changes unfolding across Antarctica. The icy continent, once thought to respond only slowly to climate shifts, is showing signs of rapid ...

Beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth – a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of the North Sea. This hidden ocean matters because it is the ice ...

Microbes, insects and small mammals use the hidden ecosystem to breed and hunt.