New Map Reveals Antarctica’s Hidden Landscape in Unprecedented Detail ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ice conceals a rugged landscape. A view over the Wilson Piedmont in Antarctica shows examples of the ice surface and what the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An undated handout image of a map illustrating the subglacial landscape of mountain ranges, deep canyons and wide valleys, as well ...

Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in the world, and it’s nearly completely covered by ice. Due to global warming, ice is melting rapidly in parts of the continent, according to a 2023 study.

Researchers recently found an "undiscovered landscape" beneath Antarctica's ice. The continent once looked very different and was much warmer. Researchers are eager to learn more about Antarctica's ...

Hidden beneath the thick, frozen skin of East Antarctica lies a surprising discovery—ancient river-carved landscapes that may hold the key to understanding how the vast ice sheet will behave as the ...

Scientists have mapped Antarctica's hidden terrain. This reveals how mountains and valleys beneath the ice control glacier speed. Meltwater acts as a lubricant, but rough terrain increases friction.

The hidden face of Antarctica, concealed for more than 30 million years beneath thick ice, is revealed in a new map and video of the continent's rocky surface, released Tuesday by NASA. The project, ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of mountains, canyons, ...

Picture Antarctica not as a smooth, frozen plain, but as a rugged world of mountains, valleys, and deep channels buried beneath kilometers of ice. That unseen landscape is now coming into focus.