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Scientists with the Alfred Wegener Institute have discovered an uncharted island in a region of Antarctica known as the "danger zone." Well, isle be damned. Explorers made the discovery of a lifetime ...

Scientists have discovered a fossilised piece of amber deep beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, providing the first ...

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from rapid ice melting, but then sea ice began to decline dramatically. Scientists say they have figured out why ...

A team of U.S. scientists has discovered the oldest directly dated ice and air on the planet in the Allan Hills region of East Antarctica. The 6-million-year-old ice and the tiny air bubbles trapped ...

Ancient rocks from Andhra Pradesh match those in East Antarctica, offering fresh proof of Earth’s lost supercontinent.