Fault-controlled basins and interpreted structural frame in the newly identified EAFBP. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-026-01991-6 Researchers have identified a massive hidden geological feature beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, revealing a previously unrecognized connection between some of the continent's largest buried landscapes. The newly recognized structure consists of a network of enormous basins concealed beneath ice that exceeds three kilometers (nearly two