Antarctica is in the grip of some of the world's fastest climate change. Its melting ice could contribute up to 5 meters of sea-level rise . Where the ice disappears, it leaves barren ground behind.

This vegetation area makes up just 0.12% of Antarctica's total ice-free area, highlighting that Antarctica remains the frozen continent dominated by snow and ice. For now. RELATED STORIES ...

Scientists create new map showing ice-free Antarctica in more detail than ever before Latest in Opinion In 2025, Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the Rockies — and it's been a ...

Maps of how Antarctica has been getting more green over the past 38 years. This is due to increasing temperatures and melting ice. NASA Earth Observatory maps by Michala Garrison, based on data ...

In the barren cold deserts of ice-free Antarctica only lichen, mosses and algae survive – for now. First map of vegetation across Antarctica reveals a battle for the continent’s changing landscape ...

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.

Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life as the region is gripped by extreme heat events, new research shows, sparking concerns about the changing landscape on this vast continent.

Satellite images show Antarctica is turning ‘green’ faster than previously thought. Satellite imagery shows that vegetation on the peninsula grew from less than one square kilometres in 1986 ...

Antarctica is turning GREEN: Vegetation cover has increased more than tenfold over the last 40 years - with climate change to blame. READ MORE: Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is on the verge of ...

Antarctica is turning green at an alarming rate as events of extreme heat have reshaped the continent’s landscape over the past few decades. Using satellite data, a team of scientists captured ...