An overlooked aspect of glacial melt could be key to improving sea-level rise models. We often think of glacial melt as just ending up in the ocean, but new research proposes the need to look deeper – ...

Satellite data have revealed an ancient landscape that may have escaped erosion and been preserved beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet since the continent froze over 34 million years ago. When you ...

The research team, led by Durham University, UK, used satellite data and radio-echo sounding techniques to map a 32,000 km2 area of land underneath the vast ice sheet. They discovered a landscape that ...

The landscape has likely been buried beneath the ice for up to 34 million years. Global warming could reveal an ancient river landscape that has been preserved underneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet ...