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Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature beneath roughly two miles of Antarctic ice that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history.

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East Antarctica

Who
scientists
What
Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature beneath roughly two miles of Antarctic ice that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history.
When
Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:50:00 GMT · 5h 4m ago
Where
East Antarctica ·
Why
The newly identified province extends under a large part of East Antarctica and may affect the way overlying ice shifts, melts, and responds to the terrain below.
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Understanding this buried formation could improve forecasts of future sea-level rise by providing better insights into how massive ice sheets respond to terrain and rising global temperatures.

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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature beneath roughly two miles of Antarctic ice that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history and what may happen to it next.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature beneath roughly two miles of Antarctic ice.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature beneath two miles of Antarctic ice, named the East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature beneath roughly two miles of Antarctic ice, named the East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature beneath roughly two miles of Antarctic ice that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history and what may happen to it next.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature under two miles of Antarctic ice, named the East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history and what may happen to it next.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature beneath roughly two miles of Antarctic ice.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history and what may happen to it next.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature beneath roughly two miles of Antarctic ice that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history.
    Open article
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history and what may happen to it next.
    Open article
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature beneath roughly two miles of Antarctic ice that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history and what may happen to it next.
    Open article
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature that could change how researchers interpret the continent's history and what may happen to it next.
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    Scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature beneath roughly two miles of Antarctic ice.
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