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This is what an ice-free Antarctica looks like
2013-06-06 12:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Check out the most detailed map of a continent never truly seen by human eyes: the de-iced surface of Antarctica. By virtually peeling back the frozen ice sheet and studying the land beneath, researchers can get a better sense of how the southern pole of our planet could react to climate change. Bedmap2 was created by the British Antarctic Survey, and used decades of data to produce this detailed view of the frozen continent. NASAs contribution to the dataset includes surface measurements from...
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