Antarctica is in the grip of some of the world's fastest climate change. Its melting ice could contribute up to 5 meters of sea-level rise. Where the ice disappears, it leaves barren ground behind.

This release ties in with the map’s latest update, which focuses on Antarctica to 60°S. The BAS updates the maps every six months and is reaching out for feedback from anyone who has used them ...

Sharper satellite images helped form the backbone of Bedmap3, which updates maps of icy Antarctica — particularly among the high mountains and isolated interior of the eastern part of the continent.

THE otherworldly continent of Antarctica seems all the more fantastical when seen from a new perspective, as shown in these maps laying out its different features in detail. The maps were devised ...

Maps of Antarctica used to be notoriously low resolution. But that's changed with a new map that researchers say is not only the most detailed survey of the South Pole in history, but also the ...

Research published recently in Nature Geoscience details the findings of the most accurate topographical map of Antarctica that we have to date. The map has been dubbed BedMachine and holds critical ...

The end result is a map that is not only incredibly sharp, but also extremely large in terms of file size. The full map's size actually tops 150 terabytes. Yes, you read that correctly.

About 4,000 scientists travel around the vast, ice-covered continent of Antarctica each year to look at topics ranging from climate change to the search for dark matter, and prior to 2007, they were ...

Map of Antarctica’s Bedrock Reveals Vulnerabilities A new view of the frozen continent could improve predictions for sea-level rise By Annie Sneed ...

Scientists have deployed an advanced robotic submarine to gain a new perspective on the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, with the groundbreaking seafloor imagery highlighting its precarious ...