Did you know Antarctica has some of the most extreme weather on Earth? Wind speeds there can reach an incredible 327 km/h ...

A map (left) and zoom-in (right) of Antarctica, displaying the two anomalous ... and 500-meter surface elevation contours. The top red dot represents the anomaly recorded in 2018, while the ...

Antarctica does not have a permanent human population. In the warmer summer months, up to 5,000 scientific researchers are based in Antarctica. This number drops to around 1,000 during the winter ...

A key focus for IceSat will be looking for changes in elevation over Antarctica and Greenland One of the most powerful Earth observation tools ever put in orbit is now gathering data about the planet.