Scientists have discovered the remnants of ancient lost continents hidden deep beneath Antarctica's ice. Using the European Space Agency's gravity mapping satellite, researchers were able to peer ...

Earth’s eighth continent, Zealandia, has been largely unrecognized and “missing” from maps for 375 years. This mostly underwater landmass, spanning about 4.9 million square kilometers, challenges ...

Antarctica is home to 90% of the world’s freshwater, trapped in the continent’s massive ice sheets—and the stability of much of that ice is seriously at risk from global warming. Two studies published ...

While researching a separate topic, Naomi Ochwat noticed that a glacier in Antarctica had shrunk by 50%. What she learned was ...

Lurking beneath New Zealand is a long-hidden continent called Zealandia, geologists say. But since nobody is in charge of officially designating a new continent, individual scientists will ultimately ...

A "lost" continent that once connected Asia to southern Europe may have formed an ancient passageway that helped animals migrate west, leading to a sudden and widespread extinction event around 34 ...

Research led by polar scientists from Northumbria University has revealed new hope in natural environmental systems found in ...

Thirty-four million years ago the Antarctic glaciated, forming an ice sheet rather abruptly. For the past 40 years, the textbook theory for this formation was that shifting continents induced a ...