An overlooked Antarctic water system could raise sea levels by more than 2 meters by 2300, computer simulations show.

That’s what it looks like from the surface, but there are hidden organisms and environments tucked inside and underneath the ...

The ongoing loss of Antarctic ice, due to the climate crisis ... "There is a series of lakes beneath Thwaites Glacier, part of an extensive network of meltwater drainage channels that we did ...

The study by the international team of researchers is a stepping stone towards better understanding the watercourses beneath ...

Antarctica hides a world that’s both fascinating and a little eerie: entire ecosystems untouched by humans and rivers that ...

Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice lies a system of lakes and watercourses. A research team, including ETH researchers, has for the first time directly observed the subglacial streams of West ...

reported evidence that this water pools into large lakes beneath the ice and can flood ... After weeks on the Antarctic ice sheet, they’d grown accustomed to its monotonous flat landscape ...

For several decades at least, scientists have known that vast chambers filled with water lie untouched beneath Antarctica ... mapped nearly 300 subglacial lakes, kept from freezing by geothermal ...

You plunge into a hole in the Antarctic ice sheet ... One of at least 76 subglacial lakes recently discovered on that southernmost continent, Vostok is an intriguing proposition for scientists ...

There is rocky land on the Antarctic continent ... Using satellite data, scientists have identified hundreds of lakes and rivers beneath the ice, some of which seemingly defy our expectations.

These lakes fill and empty in certain cycles ... a stepping stone towards better understanding the watercourses beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. At the same time, it will help the consequences ...