Rolling Stone In the dead of winter, the Antarctic Peninsula, an 800-mile extension of the Antarctic continent, temperatures hit 32°F. Global warming has been on a hot streak, accelerating its record-setting impact on the planet over the past couple of years. And even though it’s winter down below, Antarctica has joined the party. The icy […]
The Totten glacier, East Antarctica. Photograph: Esmee van Wijk/Australian Antarctic Division East Antarctica, often times referred to as “the final frontier of global warming,” is making headlines once again. A few weeks ago East Antarctica’s temperatures soared by 50F to 90F above normal. 1 A couple of weeks later East Antarctica’s Conger Ice Shelf (1,200 sq […]
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