What are some fun facts about Antarctica for kids? The continent is endlessly fascinating for young, inquisitive minds. Find ...

1st map of Antarctica's green space unveiled. Here's what it shows. Story by Claudia Colesie • 7mo. A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it.

An icy new map of Antarctica could help direct the search for alien life The Bedmap3 survey is bringing the polar continent into focus, which could help detect life on icy moons ...

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.

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed. What's under all that ice in Antarctica? New map has answers.

Bedmap3 is the newest map showing what Antarctica will look like without ice. British Antarctic Survey. Scientists used data from planes, satellites, ships, and dog sleds to create the map and ...

Known as Bedmap3, the map incorporates more than six decades of survey data acquired by planes, satellites, ships and even dog-drawn sleds. The outline of deep valleys is better represented in the ...

Earlier maps placed the thickest ice in the Astrolabe Basin In Adelie Land. Here’s why this new map is critical: It will help researchers figure out how Antarctica might respond to warming ...

Experts have revealed Antarctica is “more vulnerable” than previously feared, as a new map reveals what lays under the ice. The estimates, created by Bedmap3, have also re-evaluated the ...

Mapping Antarctica's hidden ice-free lands: a blueprint for conservation Date: January 28, 2025 Source: University of New South Wales Summary: Researchers unveil a new map and classification ...

This vegetation area makes up just 0.12% of Antarctica's total ice-free area, highlighting that Antarctica remains the frozen continent dominated by snow and ice. For now. RELATED STORIES ...

A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 metres up into the sky. It is cold. Survival is hard ...