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* ''The new map shows a much better look at the icy continent’s surface features, with a crisp resolution of 2 to 8 meters – compared to the previous standard of 1,000 meters.''
* ''The new map shows a much better look at the icy continent’s surface features, with a crisp resolution of 2 to 8 meters – compared to the previous standard of 1,000 meters.''


[https://www.pgc.umn.edu/projects/the-reference-elevation-model-of-antarctica-release-1/ '''''Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica / Release 1''''']
 
 
[https://www.pgc.umn.edu/projects/the-reference-elevation-model-of-antarctica-release-1/ <big>'''''Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica / Release 1'''''</big>]


[https://phys.org/news/2018-09-accurate-antarctica-terrain.html '''''Accurate Antarctica / Phys.org''''']
[https://phys.org/news/2018-09-accurate-antarctica-terrain.html '''''Accurate Antarctica / Phys.org''''']
'''''Large-format poster map of the Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA), rendered with a hillshade. Does not include any cartographic elements.''
''http://maps.apps.pgc.umn.edu/id/2364''
'''''Large-format poster map of the Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA), rendered with a hillshade. Includes cartographic elements such as place name labels, graticules...''
''http://maps.apps.pgc.umn.edu/id/2365''




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''"Considering that Antarctica is the highest, driest, and one of the most remote places on Earth, we now have an incredible topographic model to measure against in the future," said Paul Morin, a University of Minnesota earth sciences researcher and the director of the Polar Geospatial Center.''
 
''"Up until now, we've had a better map of Mars than we've had of Antarctica," said Ian Howat, professor of earth sciences and director of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University. "Now it is the best-mapped continent on Earth."''
 
''"It is the highest-resolution terrain map by far of any continent,’ said Ian Howat, professor of Earth sciences and director of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University.''
 
 
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Revision as of 19:30, 8 September 2018


Antarctica ice losses chart-NASA re study.jpg


Read this research data thread and Antarctic sea-level rise connection from @chriscmooney, environmental reporter from the Washington Post:

https://twitter.com/chriscmooney/status/1007281989609762816


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Scientists release the most accurate, high-resolution terrain map ever created (2018)

  • The new map shows a much better look at the icy continent’s surface features, with a crisp resolution of 2 to 8 meters – compared to the previous standard of 1,000 meters.


Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica / Release 1

Accurate Antarctica / Phys.org


Large-format poster map of the Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA), rendered with a hillshade. Does not include any cartographic elements.

http://maps.apps.pgc.umn.edu/id/2364


Large-format poster map of the Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA), rendered with a hillshade. Includes cartographic elements such as place name labels, graticules...

http://maps.apps.pgc.umn.edu/id/2365


Use the links below to browse the directory for the entire REMA dataset. Refer to Documentation to see the directory structure, naming schemes, and download contents.

HTTP: http://data.pgc.umn.edu/elev/dem/setsm/REMA

FTP: ftp://ftp.data.pgc.umn.edu/elev/dem/setsm/REMA


"Considering that Antarctica is the highest, driest, and one of the most remote places on Earth, we now have an incredible topographic model to measure against in the future," said Paul Morin, a University of Minnesota earth sciences researcher and the director of the Polar Geospatial Center.

"Up until now, we've had a better map of Mars than we've had of Antarctica," said Ian Howat, professor of earth sciences and director of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University. "Now it is the best-mapped continent on Earth."

"It is the highest-resolution terrain map by far of any continent,’ said Ian Howat, professor of Earth sciences and director of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University.


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  • Antarctic Treaty System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System
  • NASA IceBridge Antarctica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3yMHHzLTCc
  • Antarctica's Flowing Ice
https://eos.org/articles/new-maps-highlight-antarcticas-flowing-ice


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Antarctic Melt Needs to be Monitored More Closely



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2017



August 2017

How active are newly discovered Antarctic volcanoes?
https://www.ecowatch.com/scientists-discover-91-volcanoes-hidden-under-antarctic-ice-sheet-2472884037.html


A new volcanic province: an inventory of subglacial volcanoes in West Antarctica
http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/early/2017/05/26/SP461.7
...the biggest cluster of volcanoes in the world.


The study, published in the Geological Society Special Publications series, does not indicate whether the volcanoes are active but the team is trying to find out.

As Dr. Robert Bingham, a glacier expert and one of the paper's authors noted to the Guardian, "The big question is: how active are these volcanoes?"

"That is something we need to determine as quickly as possible," Bingham continued. "Anything that causes the melting of ice—which an eruption certainly would—is likely to speed up the flow of ice into the sea."

Ominously, other experts have warned that a reverse situation could also happen — volcanic activity can be triggered by thinning ice sheets from rising global temperatures.


Iceberg breaks off from Antarctica photo from ESA July 12, 2017.jpg


 

Trillion Ton Iceberg Breaks Off



Icebergia Time July 12, 2017.png


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Antarctic Ice Shelf June 2017.png


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  • The Future of the US Antarctica Station and Research
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/climate/where-else-does-the-us-have-an-infrastructure-problem-antarctica.html


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