The ice blanketed bedrock of the Transantarctic Mountains. Credit: Timothy Paulsen A new study led by University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado Boulder ...

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 ...

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 ...

Novel findings from University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado, Boulder, thermochronologist Jeff Benowitz have shed light on the complex and enigmatic ...

Hidden beneath the vast ice sheet that characterizes Antarctica, the Transantarctic Mountains rise as one of the longest and oldest mountain ranges on the planet. This range, extending over 3,500 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Other mountains peek through land ice as seen from NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft (Getty Images) Have you ever ...

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 ...

The origins of the highest peaks in Antarctica have long been shrouded in mystery. Now researchers suggest they are remnants of a gigantic high plateau that collapsed as the Earth tore apart.

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 ...