The ice caps which cover our planet's poles are key to understanding global weather patterns and changing climate. But we ...

East Antarctica’s tectonic plate probably broke off of the supercontinent about 80 million years ago, with today’s ice sheet forming 34 million years ago. Today, the researchers write, the flat ...

Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the ...

Landscapes left behind by ancient ­rivers and buried beneath the Antarctic ice may affect the rate of ice loss, researchers have suggested.In a study published in Nature Geoscience, a team used radio ...

Researchers map an ancient hidden river in Antarctica, uncovering flat terrain beneath the ice sheet that could influence ...

Landscapes left behind by ancient rivers and buried beneath the Antarctic ice may affect the rate of ice loss, researchers ...

A frozen river system lost to time may hold the key to Earth’s survival — and it's hiding in plain sight under the Antarctic ice sheet.

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

Researchers found ancient river-carved plains beneath East Antarctica that may help slow ice loss and improve sea-level rise ...

How Rivers in the Sky Melt Huge Holes in Antarctic Ice New research is causing scientists to rethink how polynyas—massive openings in the sea ice—are formed Ainslie Cruickshank, Hakai March 2 ...