And this sub-surface map of Antarctica would aid climate scientists in understanding how glaciers will move as the ice ...

Antarctica's subglacial bedrock was previously one of the least-mapped planetary surfaces in our solar system.

Far below the frozen surface of Antarctica, scientists are uncovering a landscape that looks less like a featureless ice cap ...

In a landmark study published in Science, researchers have unveiled a high-resolution map of the Antarctic bed. This study ...

Have you ever wondered what Antarctica might look like without ice? Now, a new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed, revealing ...

It's common knowledge that Earth's southernmost continent, Antarctica, has exceptionally cold temperatures. However, you might not know the scope of the continent's frigidity. Antarctica is one of ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map yet of what Antarctica looks like when you strip away its ubiquitous cover of ice and snow. Derived from 60 years of data, it will ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than 60 years' worth of data from satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds. When you ...

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Decades of satellite observations have now provided the most detailed view yet of how Antarctica continually sheds ice accumulated from snowfall into the ocean. The new map is based on an ice-tracking ...