Hidden beneath Antarctic ice, scientists uncover a living river-like ecosystem

Scientists have discovered a thriving estuarine ecosystem beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, teeming with diverse ...
New Scientist

The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about to be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break away. “Its final demise could happen suddenly, and to ...

Antarctica’s ice shelves are vulnerable to melting from below – knowing how far ocean heat reaches is crucial

A rare dataset collected by instruments at the point where Antarctica’s largest ice shelf begins to float reveals ocean processes that drive melting at this critical part of the continent. During a ...
Earth.com

Geologists drilled a very deep hole in West Antarctica and retrieved rocks that date back 23 million years, the deepest sample of its kind

Deep under Antarctic ice, a 748-foot ice core recovered by the SWAIS2C project reveals past warm, ice-free periods on the ...