Imagine a world where all the land ice on Earth melts. It might sound like a scenario for a science fiction movie, but the ...

But with global heating and climate change wreaking havoc on the ice caps of Antarctica, researchers are looking to a new map of the south polar region to better map global warming changes and ...

Maps matter because ... on September 10, the ice cap is the shape of a kidney, just 800 miles across the middle. Olemaun compiles his tally: 17 polar bears, 10 bearded seals, 9 ringed seals ...

Martin Vargic created the map to depict the planet with sea levels around 260ft (79m) higher than they are today Current coastlines are shown using a dotted line and the areas that will be ...

See map and dramatic photos ... a guide," added Hadow. Current ice cap data are gathered by satellite and submarines, which can show the overall span of the Arctic ice melt, but these projections ...

With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of ... to understanding how well the ice cap as a whole is faring.

The sea ice cap grows during the cold Arctic winters and shrinks when temperatures climb again, but over the last three decades, satellites have observed a 13% decline per decade in the summertime ...