Hidden beneath the thick, frozen skin of East Antarctica lies a surprising discovery—ancient river-carved landscapes that may ...

Hidden landscapes under Antarctic ice may slow glacier flow. These ancient surfaces could change how we predict sea-level ...

An Antarctic pyramid? It’s the kind of newsflash that could prompt a thousand conspiracy theories or at least a few spirited debates at the neighborhood geology club. The recent spate of dramatic ...

Researchers recently found an "undiscovered landscape" beneath Antarctica's ice. The continent once looked very different and was much warmer. Researchers are eager to learn more about Antarctica ...

Beneath East Antarctica's undulating ice sheet lies an ancient, river-carved landscape that provides a perfect snapshot of the region before glaciers covered the continent, a new study finds.

Global warming could reveal an ancient river landscape that has been preserved underneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet for million of years, according to a new study. While a massive ice retreat ...

Antarctic's ice sheet is melting 6 times faster than in 1979 Scientists revealed Tuesday that they had discovered a vast, hidden landscape of hills and valleys carved by ancient rivers that has ...

Scientists have completed the most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica. This is the third version of this map, and is known as Bedmap3. It has incorporated data from ...

This landscape, located in East Antarctica's Wilkes Land region bordering the Indian Ocean, covers an area roughly the size of Belgium or the U.S. state of Maryland.

An ancient landscape hidden under the East Antarctic ice sheet for at least 14 million years has been revealed with the help of satellite data and planes equipped with ice-penetrating radar.

The icebound river landscape may be at least 34 million years old, meaning that it would date to right before ice encrusted Antarctica. At that time, atmospheric carbon dioxide dropped, and the ...