The study fills critical knowledge gaps. Scientists make ominous discovery about volcanoes beneath Antarctic ice sheet first appeared on The Cool Down.

We found that from 2016 to 2021, there were significant increases in crevasse volume across fast-flowing sectors of the ...

A wall of ice the size of Rhode Island is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals.

Ben Norrish, head of vehicles for BAS, has spent 16 seasons living on the ice since starting out as a Mobile Plant Technician in 2001. Mr Norrish says: 'There's something special about Antarctica ...

Beneath Antarctica's ice, an unsuspected danger looms. Global warming could awaken dormant volcanoes, triggering a chain reaction with unpredictable consequences. This recent discovery sheds light on ...

Tas van Ommen, a paleo-climatologist with the Australian Antarctic Division in Hobart and one of 100 contributors to the report, said data from ice cores collected by his and other teams across ...

University of Tasmania provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres thick on average and covering nearly twice ...

Why Trust Us? The West Antarctic Rift System is home to over 130 volcanoes, many of which are locked away under thick layers of ice. A new study shows that glacial retreat coupled with isostatic ...

They announced on Wednesday that parts of the oldest ice from the Antarctic to date will arrive in Switzerland. The 2.8-kilometre-long ice core holds climate data dating back over 1.2 million years.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore wants the public to know ice formations that build annually along the cliffs that highlight the park area taking shape with recent cold weather. Photos of the ice ...

Ancient ice core extracted from Antarctica's Little Dome C site 1.2-million-year-old air bubbles may reveal past climate shifts Ice core study could explain climate's impact on human evolution ...

Scientists in Antarctica have dug out what's believed to be the world's oldest ice. It was extracted from deep underground and is thought to be around 1.2 million years old. The ice contains ...