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.

Amazingly, researchers now know the height of every mountain and all the ice in all of Antarctica within a few feet. “It is the highest-resolution terrain map by far of any continent,” said Howat.

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 ...

To study the rapidly changing ecosystems of Antarctica, researchers have recently created the first continent-wide map of its plant life. You might expect the color palette of Antarctica to be ...

As the name of the map implies, this is the third effort to illustrate Antarctica’s rock bed. The project began in 2001, but the researchers involved say the new map represents a dramatic ...

A team of U.S. and British researchers have unveiled a new map of Antarctica that they say will revolutionize research on the frozen continent and contribute to a deeper understanding of climate ...

An icy new map of Antarctica could help ... But it won’t arrive until 2031 and that’s only one icy world that could be ... Removing the 27 million cubic km of ice that covers Antarctica, ...

A global port-to-port shipping map shows network of ships that visited Antarctica between 2014 and 2018. The PNAS study showed that shipping connected Antarctica to ports from around the world in ...

More unsettling news from the bottom of the world. Scientists have uncovered evidence of "vigorous melting" at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, (aka the "Doomsday Glacier") according to a new ...

A new map reveals the remnants of ancient continents lurking beneath Antarctica's ice. The map shows that East Antarctica is made up of multiple cratons, which are the cores of continents that ...