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5 days ago · In late February and early March, two record melt events for that time of year occurred on the Antarctic Peninsula. Overall, however, the seasonal melt for the 2023 to 2024 melt season, from November 1 to March 31, was slightly below the 45-year average because of below-average melt in the Amery, Fimbul, Abbott, Getz, and Sulzberger Ice Shelf ...
3 days ago · In January, Dr. Cassandra Brooks—an assistant professor of environmental studies and a faculty fellow with the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who has been a regular visitor to the Southern Ocean since she began studying marine conservation in the Ross Sea almost 20 years ago—returned to Antarctica for a half circumpolar expedition.
5 days ago · Why artificial submarine curtains won't save West Antarctica's retreating glaciers Apr 3, 2024 Researchers: Collapse of West Antarctic ice sheet is still preventable—if we act fast to keep ...
5 days ago · Some 7,000 years ago, West Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated, most likely driven by warmer ocean currents slipping under the ice. This could happen again – unless we cut emissions fast.
2 days ago · Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F). The coastal regions can reach temperatures over 10 °C (50 °F) in the summer. Native species of animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades.
5 days ago · State of the climate State of the climate: 2024 off to a record-warm start. This year is shaping up to either match or surpass 2023 as the hottest year on record. Global temperatures have been exceptionally high over the past three months – at around 1.6C above pre-industrial levels – following the peak of current El Niño event at the ...
3 days ago · At the end of the southern summer, Antarctica’s sea ice hit its annual minimum. By at least one measure, which tracks the area of ocean that contains at least 15% of sea ice, it was a little above the record low of 2023. At the time, I was aboard the Italian icebreaker Laura Bassi, ironically ...
