The hidden world of subglacial lakes, shrouded beneath miles of ice, holds secrets to Earth's past and present. These ...

Melting ice in Antarctica could trigger volcanic eruptions beneath the continent’s vast ice sheet, creating a slow but dangerous feedback loop, scientists warn. A new study suggests the melting of ...

Eruptions of subglacial volcanoes may not be visible on the surface, but they can have consequences for the ice sheet. Heat ...

Climate change is dramatically reshaping Antarctica, a continent long considered one of the most remote and stable regions on ...

A slow climate feedback loop may be bubbling beneath Antarctica's vast ice sheet. The continent, divided east to west by the ...

Potential conditions analogous to Mars include microscopic fractures in deep bedrock, subglacial freshwater lakes, and highly saline deep-sea basins. Methanogens have been identified in such ...

One of the most remote and harsh regions on Earth, much of Siberia is sparsely inhabited and difficult to access, with temperatures plummeting to even -50°C. It has a vast tundra, frozen lakes, and ...

ANTARCTICA, a land of icy extremes, is often likened to “space on Earth”, with how much of the continent remains unexplored ...

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Our Director of Education in the Department of Geography at Durham University, Professor Ben Anderson, sets out how we approach teaching and education in the Department and provides a sense of what ...

An artist’s illustration of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealing a population of small asteroids in the main asteroid belt. Credit: Ella Maru. For decades, astronomers have dismissed ...