Beneath kilometers of ice in East Antarctica, a team of geoscientists led by geophysicist Stewart Jamieson of Durham ...

Locked inside a frozen rock from the edge of the world is a story that began before Earth had oceans, continents or even a ...

The ice caps which cover our planet's poles are key to understanding global weather patterns and changing climate. But we still don't have a complete understanding of how they work, and what goes on ...

For over 500 million years, something extraordinary has been hidden beneath Antarctica’s thick, icy surface. Now, scientists are more convinced than ever: another ancient mountain range lies buried ...

It was five years ago this month that ESA’s GOCE gravity-mapping satellite finally gave way to gravity, but its results are still yielding buried treasure – giving a new view of the remnants of lost ...

Landscapes left behind by ancient rivers and buried beneath the Antarctic ice may affect the rate of ice loss, researchers report in Nature Geoscience. The team used radio echo sounding, a technique ...

A crack in an ice sheet. 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 ...

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What an ancient ice core from Antarctica can tell us about our climate’s past and future Scientists say they have tapped into an extraordinary archive of the Earth’s climate in the ice deep beneath ...

When dinosaurs roamed the Earth 90 million years ago, the planet was much warmer, including Antarctica at the South Pole. But in a surprising twist, researchers have discovered evidence that ...

Renowned French glaciologist Heidi Sevestre is studying the ancient ice of Antarctica Renowned French glaciologist Heidi Sevestre is studying the ancient ice of Antarctica Matthieu Tordeur is a French ...

A new university-led study with NASA participation finds ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected. The climate was suitable to support substantial vegetation — including ...