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.

All these plants need is that bit of moss or lichen to hold on to, so they are not blown away into the cold desert ... the first map of green vegetation across the whole Antarctic continent.

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Experts have revealed Antarctica is “more vulnerable” than previously feared, as a new map reveals what lays under the ice. The estimates, created by Bedmap3, have also re-evaluated the ...

Now, researchers have released the most detailed map yet, named Bedmap3 ... Scientists have known for years that Antarctica was not always a frozen desert. Millions of years ago, it was lush ...

Chrissie: Well, Antarctica is way down in the middle of the Southern Ocean, so we’ll need a map that’s looking ... Antarctica is a desert - but it's not hot, it's really, really cold.

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

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 ...