Antarctica maps of the surface elevation (left) and the ice thickness in meters (right). (Pritchard et al., Sci. Data, 2025) If all the ice in Antarctica was to melt, this means sea levels would rise ...

For all of human history, Antarctica has been ice-covered and desolate. ... New Map Shows What Ice-Free Antarctica Looks Like. Lou Bodenhemier. Thu, March 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM UTC.

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.

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.

Scientists have completed the most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica. This is the third version of this map, and is known as Bedmap3.It has incorporated data from ships ...

Australian Antarctic Division Program Leader, Dr Aleks Terauds, said 'The Biodiversity of Ice-free Antarctica Database' will underpin future regional and global studies of ecology, diversity and ...

Conserving ice-free Antarctica. Senior researcher, Professor David Keith, underlines that this map and classification system denote a significant stride towards comprehending Antarctic ecosystems.

This new inventory categorizes Antarctica's ecosystems into nine Major Environment Units, 33 Habitat Complexes, and 269 Bioregional Ecosystem Types, providing an unprecedented level of detail.

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 : ...

More than 40 square kilometers of vegetation cover Antarctica, including in previously unknown areas. A new map offers fresh insights for conservation amid climate change.