A new study led by University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado Boulder thermochronologist Jeff Benowitz advances the understanding of the geologic history of ...

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH – A new study led by University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado Boulder thermochronologist Jeff Benowitz advances the ...

The Transantarctic Mountains, the longest non-compressional range in the world, border one side of the structure. (Matt ...

Marine diatom fossils in the Transantarctic Mountains have long puzzled scientists. Researchers wondered how these fossilized algae ended up in the Antarctic mountains and many were divided between ...

Antarctica hides a secret beneath its vast ice: an ancient and rugged landscape that’s only now starting to reveal its geological past. This hidden topography is a dramatic secret that hints at the ...

Over the course of 40 years of research and 13 seasons of field work in the Transantarctic Mountains, geologist Edmund Stump took literally thousands of photos of dazzling Antarctic landscapes. The ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

This image of the Transantarctic Mountains was taken from the NASA P-3 airborne laboratory on Nov. 27, 2013, near the end of the 2013 IceBridge Antarctic campaign. NASA’s Operation IceBridge images ...

Imagine trying to study a historical event. The beginning is somewhat known, and the ending is clear. But most of the middle part is missing, and there’s little to explain how the event unfolded from ...

If the recent centenary of humankind's first visit to the South Pole has you longing for a taste of the adventures of yesteryear, a new book offers a feast for the eye — and the mind — of any would-be ...

Tiny ocean fossils distributed widely across rock surfaces in the Transantarctic Mountains point to the potential for a substantial rise in global sea levels under conditions of continued global ...