The mystery of ice-free Antarctica has intrigued scholars and enthusiasts alike, with ancient maps suggesting a time when the continent was free of ice. These maps, such as the Piri Reis map, have ...

In a turn of events that has left the scientific community in a state of shock and intrigue, the oldest human remains ever discovered have been unearthed from the frosty expanses of Antarctica. This ...

Amber usually brings to mind tropical forests, trapped insects, and warm landscapes. That is what makes the new Antarctic ...

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 ...

Antarctic ice cores revealed a hidden greenhouse effect that explains why some parts of Antarctica warm more dramatically ...

A giant fan-shaped network of hidden basins has been discovered beneath East Antarctica, revealing that several well-known subglacial features are actually part of one massive geological structure.

Jacob Chalif wakes up each morning, drinks coffee and braces for the day ahead. The Harborfields High School graduate’s job takes him to a truly unique workplace — eastern Antarctica, where he ...

Beneath the thick ice of East Antarctica lies a hidden world—untouched for over 34 million years. This frozen expanse, more than 10 million square kilometers wide, has long concealed a forgotten ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new discovery has closed a significant gap in the global map of amber finds: for the first time, amber has been unearthed in ...