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Scientists have produced the most accurate portrait yet of what lies beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. The map is called BedMachine Antarctica and shows all the "lumps and bumps" that describe...
Ice-Free Land: Only about 2% of Antarctica’s surface is ice-free, mostly in coastal areas, mountain peaks (nunataks), and dry valleys. True Land Percentage : When considering the ice as part of the landscape, the rocky land underneath makes up approximately the entire base of the continent.
Scientists have produced the most accurate portrait yet of what lies beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. The map is called BedMachine Antarctica and shows all the "lumps and bumps" that...
It’s hard to imagine today, but the huge landmass of Antarctica was once free of glacial ice and host (as Antarctic fossils testify) to temperate, even subtropical ecosystems supporting trees and other vegetation as well as a plethora of critters, dinosaurs among them.
NASA released an animation this week revealing what lies beneath the planet’s largest ice sheet. It’s based on new data compiled by scientists at the British Antarctic Survey over the last two...
NASA virtually de-iced Antarctica to see what the underlying bedrock looks like, and it's pretty amazing. The project is called Bedmap2 and it was created by the British Antarctic Survey, but...
Introducing Bedmap2, a virtual model of the continent's bedrock. This is neat. The British Antarctic Survey has created a virtual map of what Antarctica looks like underneath all that ice,...
This is a map of Antarctica and how it would look like without the layers of ice covering it. Upon taking a closer look, there is an outline that reveals present-day Antarctica, which is located in the South Pole. Hypothetically, Antarctica without ice will reveal several layers of landmass.
Antarctica is caked in a layer of ice with an average thickness of 2.2 kilometers (1.4 miles). Unlike the Arctic in the Northern Hemisphere, beneath this ice is a continental landmass...
Ever wondered what Antarctica would look like without all that ice? Scientists have produced the most detailed map yet of the White Continent's underbelly - its rock bed.