New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

The ocean is a vital part of our planet's climate system. Through its global circulation patterns, the ocean draws vast quantities of our planet's heat and carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing ...

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very ...

Underneath Antarctica’s endless sheets of ice lies a hidden world of deep valleys, towering peaks, and sprawling plains. For ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

The discovery of fragments of an ancient continent deep beneath the surface ... This is the European Space Agency's Gravity Field and Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite. The satellite was ...

Experts have revealed Antarctica is “more vulnerable” than previously feared, as a new map reveals ... of warm ocean water that’s occurring at the fringes of the continent.

This hidden world has now been revealed in stunning detail ... and regions where the floating ice shelves push out over the ocean at the continent’s edge. Many of the map's improvements are thanks to ...