The Map that Reveals in Detail the Landscapes Hidden Under the Ice of Antarctica

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Antarctica has an uncomfortable secret to climate science: much of what happens under its ice sheet remains unknown. Not because they lack the will, but because the classic method of mapping the subglacial terrain is laborious and, by definition, incomplete. For decades, scientific teams have dragged radar instruments onto the ice with snowmobiles or have hung antennas under airplanes to “illuminate” the subsoil with radio waves capable of cross…

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Under nearly two kilometers of ice, Antarctica hides a landscape that no one had ever really seen. Mountains, deep valleys, steep reliefs... Thanks to a new map of unprecedented precision, scientists finally lift the veil on an invisible world, but yet...

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A new map has revealed the landscape under the ice of Antarctica with an unprecedented detail, something that, according to scientists, could greatly improve our understanding of the white and iced continent. Researchers used satellite data and the physics of Antarctic glacier movement to determine how the continent could be seen under ...