The Antarctic ice sheet, which covers 98% of the continent, averages around 1.2 miles in thickness, with its thickest point reaching nearly 3 miles, the Australian Antarctic Program reports.

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

Even a small misestimation, as low as 1%, in the rate of Antarctica's ice sheet melting, could have profound implications, potentially leading to unaccounted-for inches or even feet of sea level rise.

The sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound has held secrets beneath its surface for decades. Now, scientists have unlocked some of those mysteries by studying how this fast ice—frozen sea water ...

"Because the Antarctic ice sheet is so big, ... 2024 — Scientists have delivered the first measurements of Greenland Ice Sheet thickness change using data from ESA and NASA ice satellite missions.

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than 60 years' worth of data from satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds.

The claim: NASA Antarctic ice sheet study shows global warming is a 'con' A Jan. 31 Facebook post features a link to a 2015 NASA press release announcing research that concluded the Antarctic ice ...

A new three-dimensional view of Antarctica shows off the southernmost continent in all of its rugged glory. Created by satellite data collected by the European Space Agency’s CryoSat, the map ...

Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — New research has found that previous studies on the Antarctic ice shelves may have overestimated their thickness, an important factor for scientists to determine ...

Heat from Earth’s interior (“geothermal heating”) causes melting at the base of the ice sheet, which is insulated from frigid polar temperatures by the thickness of the ice. Where the ice gets thinner ...

Underneath Antarctica’s endless sheets of ice lies a hidden world of deep valleys, towering peaks, and sprawling plains. For decades, scientists have attempted to chart this buried landscape ...

At the same time, Antarctica's ice sheet (the glacial ice on ... in the Bellingshausen Sea, Maksym told Live Science. In the Weddell Sea, the maximum ice thickness hit more than 45 feet (14 ...