US EditionWhat radar found beneath Antarctica could slow ice melt and rising seas
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An unprecedented map of Antarctica revealed, with a high level of detail, the hidden cloud under the thick ice layer covering almost 14 million square kilometers of the continent. The climb reveals thousands of hills and subglacial valleys, in addition to deep mountains and canyons chains, offering essential clues about the behavior of the earth's largest single ice mass, according to a study published in Science magazine, this Friday (15).
What radar found beneath Antarctica could slow ice melt and rising seas
Ancient river landscapes buried beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have been uncovered by radar, revealing vast, flat surfaces formed over 80 million years ago before Antarctica froze. These hidden features, stretching across 3,500 kilometers, are now acting as natural brakes on glacier flow, potentially moderating current ice loss. Their discovery adds a new piece to the puzzle of Earth's climate history and could help scientists better forec…
Scientists say the surface of Mars is better known to science than what lies beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Now they're trying to remedy that with the help of satellite imagery and mathematics.
Mundo, 19 Jan 2026 (ATB Digital) .- A new study has mapped the rocky bed under the Antarctic ice with a sharpness never reached, revealing a landscape of valleys and mountains that could change our understanding of climate change and the future of sea level. Under the immense frozen mantle of Antarctica is hidden a land that seems sculpted by the time and forces of the Earth. For centuries, its subglacial relief has remained invisible to human e…
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Edinburgh, has succeeded in reconstructing with unprecedented precision the hidden landscape of Antarctica. To this end, they combined advanced satellite observations with physical models of the movement of ice, allowing to reveal the geological structures that shape the ice sheets from their base, outside [...]
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