A graphic shows the location of Lake Vostok and the depth of the subglacial body of water. By Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun Editor: Reports this week confirm that Russian scientists have penetrated a ...

An international panel of scientists will discuss research conducted at Lake Vostok in Antarctica at a press conference on Tuesday, May 28, as part of the American Geophysical Union’s 2002 Spring ...

ARLINGTON, Va. Scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) at Columbia University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York State have developed the first-ever map of water ...

Two and a half miles beneath the surface of Antarctica's central Eastern ice sheet is a body of water 160 miles by 30 miles across known as Lake Vostok, after the Vostok research station above it, ...

After much controversy and an array of scientific challenges, researchers are finally ready to confirm that life in Lake Vostok doesn't just exist -- it thrives. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Scientists have identified 85 previously unknown lakes hidden beneath Antarctica's ice using a decade's worth of satellite data. The newfound lakes are "active," meaning they periodically drain and ...

A new type of microbe has been found at a lake buried under Antarctica's thick ice, according to news reports. The find may unveil clues of the surrounding environment in the lake, according to ...

In a remarkable discovery, scientists have uncovered a vast tapestry of life, ancient landscapes, volcanoes, and geological life under the million-year-old ice of Antarctica, the fifth largest ...

The pause is needed for replacing the cable in the drilling equipment, Valery Lukin, head of the Russian expedition, said ST. PETERSBURG, January 31, 6:50 /ITAR-TASS/. Russian researchers have ...

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“We found much more complexity than anyone thought,” senior author Scott Rogers, a biologist at Bowling Green State University, said in a statement. “It really shows the tenacity of life, and how ...

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