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Scientists just produced the best map of Antarctica’s sub-glacial landscape, and it’s good news for climate change

For decades, scientists have repeated some variations of a striking statistic: we know more about the topography of Mars and ...
Interesting Engineering

Subsurface map of Antarctica reveals hidden terrain with the secrets to climate change

In a new study, researchers explained that less is known about the topography beneath the ice of Antarctica than any other ...

The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming

Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences ...
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West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geology

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.
NBC New York

Antarctica: Mystery Continent Holds Key to Mankind's Future

Earth's past, present and future come together here on the northern peninsula of Antarctica, the wildest, most desolate and mysterious of its continents. Clues to answering humanity's most basic ...
IFLScience

The Last Dogs In Antarctica Were Kicked Out In April 1994 By An International Treaty

After nearly a century of exploring the continent, and sometimes being food, dogs were kicked out of Antarctica via an ...