Microbial life found in buried Antarctic lake

Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 15:54

Scientists claim to have discovered a new type of bacterial life in waters from a mysterious buried Antarctic lake.

Signs of life discovered in lake half a mile beneath Antarctic ice sheet

Last Updated: Saturday, February 2, 2013, 14:09

Scientists have claimed to have found the first tantalising signs of life to be detected in waters from a subglacial lake, half a mile beneath the snowy wastes of the Antarctic.

West Antarctic ice sheet warming twice as fast as previously thought

Last Updated: Friday, January 4, 2013, 19:44

The western part of the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is experiencing nearly twice as much warming as previously thought, a study has found.

West Antarctic Ice Sheet warming twice as fast as previously thought

Last Updated: Monday, December 24, 2012, 15:24

The western part of the Antarctica ice sheet is experiencing nearly twice as much warming as previously thought, a new study found.

Antarctic ice sheet could harbour large methane reservoirs beneath

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 13:04

The Antarctic Ice Sheet could be an important source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, suggest an international team of scientists.

Octopus `hints at West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse`

Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2012, 13:12

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet -- one of the world`s major ice sheets, could collapse if global warming continues.

New weak point of Antarctic ice sheet found

Last Updated: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 14:21

An inflow of warmer water beneath the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf will melt the ice from below.

Race is on to find life under Antarctic ice sheet

Last Updated: Monday, February 13, 2012, 21:12

The race is on to discover life in the most remote and extreme environment known on Earth.

West Antarctic ice sheet would collapse by year 3000: Study

Last Updated: Monday, January 10, 2011, 20:30

West Antarctic ice sheet is likely to collapse and sea level may rise by 4 m.

East Antarctic ice sheet losing mass from last 3 years

Last Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009, 14:12

An analysis of data from a gravity-measuring satellite mission has determined that the East Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass for the last three years.

Location for lost ice sheet proposed in Atlantic

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 19:13

A new research by scientists at UC (University of California) Santa Barbara indicates a possible Antarctic location for ice that seemed to be missing at a key point in climate history 34 million years ago.