Those long decades of work have gradually given rise to a new virtual map of the Antarctic continent, the most detailed look below the ice we've ever had. The product of a new study led by ...

One notable discovery is that Antarctica’s thickest ice was found in an unnamed canyon in Wilkes Land. The ice there is more than 15,000 feet thick. Earlier maps placed the thickest ice in the ...

The most detailed map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international scientists led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Known as Bedmap3 ...

But with global heating and climate change wreaking havoc on the ice caps of Antarctica, researchers are looking to a new map of the south polar region to better map global warming changes and ...

All it can see is a wall of ice reaching ... the seed to start growing. Antarctica is in the grip of some of the world's ...

The first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica will help scientists to track future sea-level increases, according to the team behind the project. NASA-funded ...

Chinese scientists are expected to conclude the most complete and precise map of ... change of Antarctica land coverage in a long run, Cheng said. China's Xuelong (Snow Dragon) ice breaker ...

Throughout Antarctica, sea ice cover is very low this year – a reminder of the serious and unprecedented changes to Earth's climate happening all around us.' The new maps and data published ...

If the sheets of ice that sit on ... the loss of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet — for the next 1,000 years. The more complex approach would be to build an actual wall underneath the glacier ...