Vast quantities of water have been detected in sediments that underlie a part of the West Antarctic ice sheet. The volume is equivalent to a reservoir that is several hundred metres deep.

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 59, No. 1 (2014), pp. 17-36 (20 pages) Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) were sampled in contrasting habitats: a seasonally ice-covered deep ocean (Lazarev Sea), ice ...

The permanently ice-covered lake, named for the peculiar cone of debris at its center, was until recently thought to be frozen solid. But scientists have discovered a layer of fresh water hidden ...

The model shows how ice weight and water depth affect glacier speed and ... city could prove life exists in space ‘A cosmic crime scene’: How James Webb uncovered the death of a galaxy in ...

Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula.

"The Amery is unique among Antarctic ... ice front." 1 of 2 NASA image of blue meltwater pools on the Amery Ice Sheet in Antarctica on January 1. These pools may weaken the ice shelf if the water ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame? When you purchase through links on ...

What is probably the world's oldest ice ... and camp 40km by snow mobiles from the nearest research base. The drilling site, called Little Dome C, is on the Antarctic plateau on the east of ...

The biggest base, Rothera, on the Antarctic Peninsula houses 19 winterers – the population can reach 100 in the Summer. Furthest south still is Halley VI on the Brant ice shelf where the Sun ...

The maps in the post match graphics that can be generated with the National Snow and Ice Data Center Sea Ice Analysis tool. Antarctic sea ice extent was higher on Dec. 24, 2024, than on that day in ...