The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released an interactive map of Antarctica. It combines information on coastlines and contours and is available to everyone from tourists to researchers to the ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released June 10. The ...

We're witnessing a march of the penguins — not to the edge of the ice, but to extinction. According to new research by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the population of emperor penguins in western ...

A team of international scientists has created a map revealing Antarctica's topography beneath its miles of ice after compiling more than 60 years of data. Newsweek reached out to British Antarctic ...

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Until now, scientists knew surprisingly little about what lies beneath the Antarctic ice sheet despite it covering about 98% of the continent’s surface. In fact, researchers used to know more about ...

Scientists have drawn up the most accurate map of Antarctica, offering background to the continent’s response to climate ...