Study: Will all the Ice in Antarctica melt?
New study in Nature warns that Antarctica could melt ‘irreversibly’ due to climate change if we don’t take meaningful action.
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Heatwave changed Antarctica in just 9 days
We now have before and after Satallite images of what happened during the record breaking heatwave in Antarctica between 5-13 Feb
Study: Antarctica likely to drive rapid sea-level rise
A study that examines what happened during last interglacial points very strongly towards what will unfold for us over the next few centuries.
Dramatic drop in Antarctic Sea Ice
You might, or perhaps might not have seen some of the stories regarding the sudden drop in the amount of Antarctic sea ice. As an example, the UK’s Guardian reports on 2nd July 2019 … ‘Precipitous’ fall in Antarctic sea ice since 2014 revealed Plunge is far faster than in Arctic and may lead to … Read more
Record Low Sea Ice in Antarctica
Since the 1970s we have a very accurate measurement via satellites of what is going on with the extent of the sea ice in both the Arctic and also the Antarctic. It is actually possible to look even further back by using ships records, for example Cook encountered a wall of sea ice when searching … Read more
Study: East Antarctica ice sheet is becoming unstable
In the East of Antarctica there are two ice sheets named “Totten” and also “Moscow University”. These together contain enough ice to raise sea level by as mush as five meters. There is a new study that has been published that used the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites to measure what is currently … Read more