First map of vegetation across Antarctica reveals a battle for the continent’s changing landscape

First map of vegetation across Antarctica reveals a battle for the continent’s changing landscape

EDINBURGH: 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 around here. In winter, it is dark even during the day. In summer, the … Read more