Find out what the simulator created on Google Maps does, allowing you to check whether rising sea levels will affect your ...

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Beneath Antarctica’s endless ice, rumors grew of hidden tunnels, geothermal lakes, and even German strongholds that escaped ...

At the very edge of the world, Nazi Germany launched a secret expedition that claimed a vast section of Antarctica and laid ...

Scientists used radar to find hidden layers under Antarctica’s ice, revealing ancient sediments, buried landscapes, and warm ...

At 62 miles (100 km) wide and over four miles (seven km) thick, the massive rocky structure is roughly half the size of Wales ...

For decades, researchers seeking to understand global climate change have analyzed ice cores drilled deep within the ...

Map showing regions where Young has been working with NSF COLDEX. This work took place at the US South Pole Station in East ...

For decades, researchers seeking to understand global climate change have analyzed ice cores drilled deep within the Antarctic ice sheet. This ice ...

West Antarctica’s “marine grounded” ice reflects this restless foundation. Unlike its eastern counterpart, it rests in a deep ...

Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting ...

As recently as the 1990s, when the Greenland Ice Sheet and the rest of the Arctic region were measurably thawing under the ...