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  1. Average winter temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula have increased by 10.8 °F (6 °C) since 1960, and the disintegration of much of the Larsen Ice Shelf between January 1995 and March 2002 was largely attributed to climatic changes resulting from rising average air temperatures.

    • Antarctica

      The familiar map boundaries of the continent known as...

  2. Sep 7, 2023 · Using the isotopic composition of ice cores as a temperature proxy suggests that Antarctica is warming faster than the global average temperature and expectations from climate models for the...

  3. Jul 20, 2022 · The report found that, like elsewhere in Australia, climate change is a key driver of change in Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic and the Southern Ocean. Pollution, tourism, commercial fishing, and an expanding human presence, also affect the Antarctic region.

  4. Jun 14, 2018 · Deep ice cores from the Antarctic interior show that on long timescales Antarctic climate closely follows variations in solar insolation that drive climate change globally and that it exhibits...

    • Edward J. Brook, Christo Buizert
    • 2018
  5. Aug 10, 2022 · However, some regions of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have lost mass over recent decades, prompting the need to re-evaluate its sensitivity to climate change.

  6. Dec 13, 2021 · They have discovered that global warming is affecting the Antarctic current in complex ways, and these shifts could complicate the ability to fight climate change in the future.

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