Maps of top and under Antarctica's ice sheets
Rights: British Antarctic Survey, CC BY-ND Published 16 June 2023 Size: 4.3 MB Referencing Hub media

Parts of Antarctica’s ice sheet are grounded below sea level and are vulnerable to unstoppable retreat, once certain thresholds are crossed.

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