Many of us know Antarctica as a land of ice and not much else. But hidden beneath the miles of glaciers and ice sheets lies a ...

The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, ...

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and it's been that way for around 34 million years.Yet researchers ...

Antarctica is also home to over 400 subglacial lakes. The largest, Lake Vostok , lies under 2.5 miles (4 km) of ice near Russia's Vostok Station. "And what's in there?

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

Mysterious radio signals detected emanating from Antarctica's ice have left particle physicists baffled. The pulses were ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

Strange pulses that don't seem to abide by the laws of particle physics have been detected in Antarctica. These radio waves, emanating from below the ice, could be evidence of dark matter and have ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica?The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found corals, sponges and even giant sea spiders ...

Antarctic scientists detect unexplained radio waves under the ice while searching for neutrinos, with researcher Stephanie Wissel noting these signals defy physics ...

Antarctica isn't technically part of the Ring of Fire because it's a roof system rather than a subduction zone, but over 100 volcanoes have been identified there, most of them buried under ...