Researchers estimate the buried landscape, which was discovered in Wilkes Land, a remote inland part of East Antarctica, spans more than 12,000 square miles.

What makes the Wilkes Land crater so intriguing is its possible connection to southern Australia. Millions of years ago, Australia and East Antarctica were joined as part of a supercontinent and they ...

A Giant Mystery Lies Under Antarctica’s Ice Scientists have found a massive 315-mile-wide anomaly beneath East Antarctica. It could be the biggest impact crater ever discovered buried under 1.6 ...

Researchers have proposed many origins for a gravity anomaly in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, but the latest evidence suggests the subglacial hole is an impact crater measuring 315 miles across.

An abandoned Australian base in Antarctica has undergone an initial clean-up after a French inspection team last year raised concerns hazardous waste at the site posed an environmental risk.

Rising land beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet could slow ice loss and reduce sea-level rise in coming centuries. However, if emissions continue to rise, the effect could raise sea levels even more ...

Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in the world, and it’s nearly completely covered by ice. Due to global warming, ice is melting rapidly in parts of the continent, according to a 2023 study.

Gigafact No, Antarctica is not gaining land ice While some parts of Antarctica are not losing ice, global warming is causing land ice on the continent to melt at a rapid pace. 00:00 00:00 ...

This landscape, located in East Antarctica's Wilkes Land region bordering the Indian Ocean, covers an area roughly the size of Belgium or the US state of Maryland. The researchers said the ...

The crater's location, in the Wilkes Land region of East Antarctica, south of Australia, suggests it might have instigated the breakup of the so-called Gondwana supercontinent, which pushed ...