Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find

A new study concludes that Antarctica is already being and will continue to be affected by more frequent and severe extreme weather events, a known byproduct of human-caused climate change.

Many of those changes are drastic, unprecedented and irreversible. Ice shelves are collapsing, the ocean is heating up, and species important to the region are suffering from habitat changes.

Experts call for continued investment to study and protect a region that serves as a damper on some of climate change’s worst impacts.

Source: AP – All contents copyright 2023 Associated Press.  All rights reserved.