Antarctica
Antarctica on Edge
East Antarctica, often times referred to as “the final frontier of global warming,” is making headlines once again.
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When to Build Sea Walls
During the month of December 2021, two warnings of impending sea level rise were issued by highly respected groups of climate scientists. These are professional scientists who do not deal in hyperbole. Rather, they are archetypical conservative serious-minded scientists who follow the facts.
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What if the Doomsday Glacier Collapses?
The Thwaites “Doomsday Glacier” in West Antarctica is spooking scientists. Satellite images shown at a recent meeting December 13th of the American Geophysical Union showed numerous large, diagonal cracks extending across the Thwaites’ floating ice wedge.
Read More The Doomsday Glacier Lives up to its Billing
We’ve witnessed an astonishing ice mass loss rate of 500% more than the last decade of the previous century. Throughout human history, this has never happened with such far-reaching extent so rapidly.
Read More Microplastics Found in Antarctic Sea Ice Samples for First Time, Scientists Say
For the first time, microscopic plastic pollution has been found in Antarctic sea ice samples collected more than a decade ago, suggesting that microplastic concentrations in Southern Sea ice may be higher than previously believed.
Read More Polar Ice Caps Melting Six Times Faster Than in 1990s
The polar ice caps are melting six times faster than in the 1990s, according to the most complete analysis to date.
Read More The IPCC’s Worst Case Scenario
A recent landmark study of massive ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland fulfills the “worst case” prognosis, as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It’s a nightmare come true, as the impact of global warming on the planet’s most significant/biggest masses of ice multiplied six-fold in only 30 years. It wasn’t supposed to happen so unexpectedly, so suddenly.
Read More Temperature in Antarctica Soars Past 69°F as NOAA Reports Last Month Was World’s Hottest January on Record
While the reading in Antarctica still needs to be confirmed, the Brazilian scientists who logged it called the new record “incredible and abnormal.”
Read More A Climate Time Bomb With Trump’s Name Inscribed
Thwaites, in West Antarctica, is the world’s most dangerous glacier. As of January 15th, scientists have labeled it: “A Climate Time Bomb.”
Read MoreSea Level Rise!
Sea level has been stable, at current levels, throughout recorded history for 5,000 years. That’s about to change.
Read More ‘Precipitous’ Fall in Antarctic Sea Ice Since 2014 Revealed
The plunge in the average annual extent means Antarctica lost as much sea ice in four years as the Arctic lost in 34 years. The cause of the sharp Antarctic losses is as yet unknown and only time will tell whether the ice recovers or continues to decline.
Read MoreBoaty McBoatface Finds Missing Climate Change Link at Bottom of Ocean
Boaty, a high tech research submarine, recorded rising temperatures that show increasing turbulence deep within the Southern Ocean caused by intensifying winds from Antarctica. The turbulence is causing warmer water closer to the surface to mix with colder water at the bottom, which contributes to rising sea levels, because warm water takes up more space than cold water.
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