For all of human history, Antarctica has been ice-covered and desolate. Now, a new model shows the hidden continent beneath ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers could have dramatic global consequences.

"In general, it's become clear the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker than we originally realised and has a larger volume of ice ...

Antarctica’s total ice volume is now estimated at 27.17 million cubic kilometers (6.52 million cubic miles). The ice sheet ...

This page links BBC Teach geography content to the objectives of the National Curriculum for England at KS1 and KS2.

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

Overall, Australia's gradual drift towards Asia is a geological process that will reshape not only the continent but the natural and technological face of the world as well. Though gradual ...

A sophisticated new map of Africa, using a little-known element, helps reveal where rare animals exploited by the illegal ...

Antarctica isn’t a floating chunk of ice like the Arctic. Beneath its frozen surface sits a solid continent of mountains, ...

What lies below Antarctica's ice sheet? Mountains, canyons and a lot more have been revealed by Bedmap3, a map of the ...

which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about three times the size of Texas. But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as ...

If you've seen a world map or travelled to Australia then you'll know just how far away it is from other continents - but ...