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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

This stock image shows a frozen Antarctic landscape. Beneath the barren ice are ecosystems ... a hidden kingdom of hundreds of subglacial lakes and rivers, teaming with life.

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 ...

Co-author Professor Martin Siegert, from the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, said: "When we first discovered lakes beneath the Antarctic ice a couple of decades ago, we thought they ...

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 ...