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The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered—and ...

Antarctic's ice sheet is melting 6 times faster than in 1979 03:23. Scientists revealed Tuesday that they had discovered a vast, hidden landscape of hills and valleys carved by ancient rivers that ...

Using satellite observations and ice-penetrating radar, scientists are now getting a glimpse of Antarctica's lost world. Antarctica has not always been a desolate land of ice and snow.

The landscape has likely been buried beneath the ice for up to 34 million years. Global warming could reveal an ancient river landscape that has been preserved underneath the East Antarctic Ice ...

"It is remarkable that this landscape, 'hidden in plain sight' for many years, can tell us so much about the early, and long-term, history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet," noted Neil Ross, a ...

The ice above the ancient landscape measures about 1.4-1.9 miles (2.2 km to 3 km) thick, according to study co-leader Neil Ross, ...

Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Global warming could reveal an ancient river landscape that has been preserved underneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet for millions of years, ...