For the first time, scientists have directly observed the melting underside of an Antarctic ice shelf, Earth.com reported. An ...

In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and other life forms.

Researchers have proposed many origins for a gravity anomaly in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, but the latest evidence ...

Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very detailed map of everything beneath the millions ...

Microbes living beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet may survive on methane generated by geothermal heat rising from deep below Earth’s surface. The discovery could have implications for assessing ...

It was supported by the Pulitzer Center. But underneath all that melting ice is something the whole world wants: the rare earth elements that make modern society—and the clean energy revolution ...