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 ...

A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 metres up into the sky. It is cold. Survival is hard ...

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 ...

Antarctica’s peculiar green snow is spreading, according to researchers who have created the first large-scale map of microscopic algae growing on the chilly, southernmost continent. As the ...

The snow in Antarctica is turning green and scientists say climate change may be to blame. According to a study published in the peer-reviewed Nature Communications, microscopic algae blooms ...

Green is not the only splash of colour in Antarctica. Researchers are now planning similar studies on red and orange algae, although that is proving harder to map from space. CBC's Journalistic ...

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.

Penguin species in Antarctica hit hard by climate change 04:52. In coastal Antarctica, some snow isn't white — it's green.And while small amounts of the green snow have been visible for years ...

Green snow created by blooming algae in the Antarctic Peninsula is likely to spread as temperatures increase as a result of climate change, researchers have said, after creating the first large ...