Ice sheets are masses of glacial land ice extending more than 20,000 square miles, the National Snow and Ice Data Center said. There are only two ice sheets worldwide today, the Antarctic and ...

A New Antarctica Map Reveals What May Actually Be Under The Ice - Here's The Unexpected Tech Behind It. ... The Antarctic ice sheet covers about 98% of the continent's land mass, ...

The new map comes as Antarctica is losing ice mass at an average rate of about 150 billion tons per year. ... 118.378°E in Wilkes Land," the press release said.

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.

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Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map of Antarctica without ice, revealing its hidden mountains, canyons, and geological features. The new Bedmap3 dataset helps researchers understand ice ...

More information: Anikó B. Tóth et al, A dataset of Antarctic ecosystems in ice-free lands: classification, descriptions, and maps, Scientific Data (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-04424-y ...

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 ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By ...

Antarctica breakthrough as map shows huge undiscovered mountains under ice ... 118.378°E in Wilkes Land. The ice here is 4,757 m thick, or more than 15 times the height of the Shard, ...

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' worth of technology to take a peek.

A dataset of Antarctic ecosystems in ice-free lands: classification, descriptions, and maps. Scientific Data , 2025; 12 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-04424-y Cite This Page : ...