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The new map of Antarctica's topography beneath the ice gives scientists a better look at how the continent might respond to global warming. Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed ...

Experts have revealed Antarctica is “more vulnerable” than ... of warm ocean water that’s occurring at the fringes of the continent. What Bedmap3 is showing us is we have got a slightly ...

One of the world's most vast and mysterious land masses, Antarctica is a remote and fragile environment you can generally ...

which updates maps of icy Antarctica — particularly among the high mountains and isolated interior of the eastern part of the continent. As the name Bedmap3 implies, this is the third map of ...

Creative Commons. Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map yet of the landscape hidden beneath Antarctica's ice. The high-resolution map reveals what the frozen continent looks like beneath ...

Stormtracker Meteorologist Steve Glazier recently talked with NBC climate reporter Chase Cain to learn firsthand about how we ...

The Conversation Africa asked geomorphologist David William Hedding, who has previously carried out research from the frozen continent, about the work researchers do in Antarctica, what conditions ...

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new ...

Article 1 of the treaty states that Antarctica shall be used for peaceful purposes only. Articles 2 and 3 specify that freedom of scientific investigation on the continent and "cooperation toward ...

Over the past several decades, scientists have learned much about the terrain beneath the ice that covers Antarctica by using ... ice shelves that border the continent. Such shelves, the ...