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Antarctica ‘suffering’ because of burning fossil fuels, say scientists

 Antarctica is “suffering” because of burning fossil fuels which is
causing extreme events that were unthinkable 30 years ago, scientists have
said. Sea ice around the frozen continent is currently at its lowest level
since satellites began observing it in 1979, beating the previous minimum
record set last year.

A winter heatwave in March 2022 saw temperatures soar
nearly 40C above the norm in East Antarctica, from around -50C to -10C, and
had it happened in summer it would have began melting the surface of the
ice sheets which scientists said they have never seen before.

 Independent 8th Aug 2023

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/east-antarctica-scientists-university-of-exeter-university-of-leeds-el-nino-b2389238.html

August 10, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ANTARCTICA, climate change