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Antarctic winter sea ice hits record low, sparking climate worries
Antarctic winter sea ice hits record low, sparking climate worries
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Sea ice that packs the ocean around Antarctica hit record low levels this winter, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said on Monday, adding to scientists' fears that the impact of climate change at the southern pole is ramping up.Antarctica just hit 65 degrees, its warmest temperature ever recorded
Antarctica just hit 65 degrees, its warmest temperature ever recorded
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2020
Just days after the earth saw its warmest January on record, Antarctica has broken its warmest temperature ever recorded. A reading of 65 degrees was taken at Esperanza Base along Antarctica's Trinity Peninsula on Thursday, making it the ordinarily frigid contingent's highest measured temperature in history.
Plastic, toxins found in Antarctica
Plastic, toxins found in Antarctica
MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2018
In the latest depressing news about how we humans are destroying nature, Greenpeace reports that it discovered plastic pollution and hazardous chemicals during a recent expedition to the Antarctic. Laboratory analysis of water and snow samples has revealed the presence of microplastics and persistent chemicals.