Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

Nate's Dronography makes the lake appear frozen over, just 30% of the lake is covered by ice, National Weather Service ...

Lake Vostok is the largest of 375 or so subglacial lakes in Antarctica. It is also the fourth deepest lake on Earth, with depths reaching 800 meters from the lake’s surface, itself covered by 2 miles ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more ...

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In a first-of-its-kind feat of science and engineering, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research team has successfully drilled through 800 meters (2,600 feet) of Antarctic ice to reach a ...

Recent research has focused on uncovering the diversity, distribution, and ecological roles of these fungi in various Antarctic habitats, including lake sediments and seasonal snow. The findings ...

Microbial mats in Lake Fryxell. Microscopic life in this lake could give insights into the earliest life on Earth. (Photo by Abbey Dias/National Science Foundation) The McMurdo Dry Valleys don’t look ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise. The team modeled Antarctica's ...