A huge network of glaciers, carrying ice thousands of kilometres across Antarctica, has been discovered as a result of space agencies’ efforts to focus their satellites on Earth’s icy regions during the International Polar Year. These new findings are critical to understanding sea-level rise. The International Polar Year (IPY) was an ambitious science programme carried out in 2007 and 2008.Involving more than 60 countries, this large-scale campaign yielded an unprecedented wealth of information about the polar regions, much of which is being used to examine the relationship between these fragile environments and climate. Read More
