A new map of Antarctica’s seafloor reveals a vast and previously overlooked network of 332 submarine canyons, some plunging ...

A study has revealed that the substantial retreat of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) approximately 9,000 years ago was ...

Warm deep water driven by ancient meltwater feedbacks caused rapid ice-shelf collapse in East Antarctica 9,000 years ago. The ...

This study gives important information that helps predict how Antarctica’s ice sheets might change in the future.

Around 9,000 years ago, East Antarctica went through a dramatic meltdown that was anything but isolated. Scientists have discovered that warm deep ocean water surged beneath the region’s floating ice ...

Integration of proxy records with ocean-climate modeling reveals that early Holocene ice-shelf retreat in East Antarctica was ...

When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach ...

Temperature records from measurements of oxygen isotopes in the ice reveal that this area experienced a gradual, long-term ...

Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important ...

Around 9,000 years ago, at the time when the regional sea level reached its peak, warm deep water flowed into the area, leading to the collapse of the ice shelf. As a result, ice discharge accelerated ...

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 ...