Xylar Asay-Davis

@xylarstorm.bsky.social

Antarctic climate scientist, python programmer, ocean modeler, runner, hiker, gardener, pescatarian cooking enthusiast

I hear folks bemoan climate inaction relative to ozone depletion. But I think the better analogy is the battle with Big Tobacco and skirmishes over teaching evolution. The lobbyist and dark money groups learned from those battles and have been furiously applying them to fight climate action.

We’ve just published the most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet (called Bedmap3), and we learnt some pretty cool facts about Antarctica that you can use to impress your pals. Ready? Graphic: Hamish Pritchard et al

A map showing the topography of Antarctica, without ice