Antarctica Glaciology ice on thin ice mapping maps Researchers say our understanding of Earth’s largest biome is based on a tiny, unrepresentative sample dominated by just a few countries.

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By the end of this century, a small country's-worth of land could ... recent research mapping vegetation in Antarctica. She ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map yet of what Antarctica looks like when you strip away its ubiquitous cover of ice and snow. Derived from 60 years of data ...

What if there exists a map that shows them ... Africa, Europe, Antarctica, Asia and Australia. However, some other countries and entities put the tally at fewer than seven due to varying ...

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, very ...

Chile and Argentina drawn lines on Antarctica's map, carving up the empty ice with territorial claims? Antarctica is not a country: it has no government and no indigenous population. Instead ...

But much like its ice sheet, the system governing Antarctica is in trouble as global warming opens up the possibility of mining virgin resources. Map: The Economist Seven countries, including ...

Bedmap3 uncovers fresh details of Antarctica’s hidden landscape, from its ice-covered peaks to its deep valleys. Data by Pritchard, H., et al. (BAS) A new detailed map of Antarctica is set to ...

My colleague Charlotte Walshaw from the University of Edinburgh was the lead scientist of the recent research mapping vegetation in Antarctica. She points out that these new maps provide key ...