Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown

Scientists warn that some of the region’s biggest glaciers, such as Thwaites and Pine Island, are approaching or may even have passed a tipping pointthat could push up global sea levels by four metres. Antarctic ice melt has also been found to slow global ocean circulation. 

Cordero said a single winter of heatwaves, no matter how amazing, would not by itself make a huge difference to sea levels, but it signified more alarming long-term trends. “This heatwave happened because of extremely strong westerlies,” he said. “This has been happening with increasing frequency since the 1980s, and that is known to be related to climate change.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/10/record-winter-temperatures-in-antarctic-raise-fears-over-speed-of-climate-breakdown

 

 

‘Everyone should be concerned’: Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded

The fate of Antarctica – especially the ice on land – is important because the continent holds enough ice to raise sea levels by many metres if it was to melt...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/04/everyone-should-be-concerned-antarctic-sea-ice-reaches-lowest-levels-ever-recorded

Thwaites "doomsday" Glacier disintegrating faster than thought - The Washington Post

He described the consequences of losing Thwaites "existential." According to the United Nations, more than 40 percent of the world's human population lives within 60 miles of the coast — areas that will be hit hard by rising tides…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/06/thwaites-doomsday-glacier-antarctica-disintegrating/

New data reveals extraordinary global heating in the Arctic | Climate crisis | The Guardian

The heating is occurring in the North Barents Sea, a region where fast rising temperatures are suspected to trigger increases in extreme weather in North America, Europe and Asia…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/15/new-data-reveals-extraordinary-global-heating-in-the-arctic

An ice shelf the size of NYC has collapsed in Antarctica | Popular Science

…East Antarctica holds around five times as much ice as the especially vulnerable western region, and if all of the ice across East Antarctica melts, global sea level could rise by over 160 feet, University of Minnesota ice scientist Peter Neff told the Associated Press…

https://www.popsci.com/environment/east-antarctic-ice-shelf-collapse/

Temperatures in eastern Antarctica are 70 degrees warmer than usual

…Temperatures in the eastern part of the continent have soared 50 to 90 degrees above normal, raising concern from the scientific community...

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/e2-wire/598842-temperatures-in-eastern-antarctica-are-70-degrees-warmer

Scientists watch giant ‘doomsday’ glacier in Antarctica with concern

Should all West Antarctica's glaciers ever collapse, there is no coastal city in the world that would not, over time, be swamped at ruinous cost to life and economies...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/18/scientists-watch-giant-doomsday-glacier-in-antarctica-with-concern

The biggest iceberg in the world just broke off from Antarctica | TheHill

…"The iceberg is around 170 km in length and 25 km wide, and is slightly larger than the Spanish island of Majorca," according to the agency...

https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/554377-the-biggest-iceberg-in-the-world-just-broke-off

Melting Antarctic ice will raise sea level by 2.5 metres – even if Paris climate goals are met, study finds

Research says melting will continue even if temperature rises are limited to 2C....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/23/melting-antarctic-ice-will-raise-sea-level-by-25-metres-even-if-paris-climate-goals-are-met-study-finds

Antarctica just hit 65 degrees, its warmest temperature ever recorded - The Washington Post

It comes days after earth's warmest January on record.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/02/07/antarctica-just-hit-65-degrees-its-warmest-temperature-ever-recorded/

The $70-Trillion Climate Bill Coming Our Way - Truthdig

Polar change could impose huge costs on world economies. New evidence shows how rapidly the frozen north is changing.....
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-fast-arctic-melt-could-cost-us-trillions/

There's a Big Hole in the World's Most Important Glacier. Yes, It's a Problem - Mother Jones

Civilization's most important glacier has revealed another worrying surprise to scientists. The Thwaites Glacier, the largest outflow channel of the vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet, now has a gigantic subterranean hole. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/02/theres-a-big-hole-in-the-worlds-most-important-glacier-yes-its-a-problem/

Antarctica losing six times more ice than four decades ago: study - The Hill

Antarctic glaciers are losing ice at a far greater pace than the last four decades because of the rise in warm ocean water, The Washington Posted reported, citing a a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy ....
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/425301-antarctica-losing-six-times-more-ice-than-four-decades-ago-study

East Antarctica glacial stronghold melting amid climate change - the guardian

A group of glaciers spanning an eighth of the East Antarctica coastline are being melted by the warming seas, scientists have discovered. This Antarctic region stores a vast amount of ice, which, if lost, would in the long-term raise global sea level by tens of metres and drown coastal settlements around the world. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/11/east-antarctica-glacial-stronghold-melting-amid-climate-change

Plastic Pollution Has Infested Pristine Antarctic Fjords at Similar Level to Open Oceans - Newsweek

"It has become clear that microplastics are dispersing all over the world—in the water column, sediment, and marine animal diets—even reaching as far south as the pristine environments of Antarctica." ....
https://www.newsweek.com/plastic-pollution-has-infested-pristine-antarctic-fjords-similar-level-open-1026178

Antarctica is melting faster than we knew. Here's what it will take to save it - NBC News

Climate scientist Stephen Rintoul says we have to act soon if we want to protect the southernmost continent. ....
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/antarctica-melting-faster-we-knew-here-s-what-it-will-ncna884636

Antarctica is losing ice twice as fast as anyone thought - PBS NewsHour

Over the last 25 years, melting Antarctic ice has added nearly 3 trillion tons of water to the ocean, enough to fill Lake Erie six times over.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/antarctica-is-losing-ice-twice-as-fast-as-anyone-thought

Underwater melting of Antarctic ice far greater than thought, study finds | Environment | The Guardian

Hidden underwater melt-off in the Antarctic is doubling every 20 years and could soon overtake Greenland to become the biggest source of sea-level rise, according to the first complete underwater map of the world’s largest body of ice....

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/02/underwater-melting-of-antarctic-ice-far-greater-than-thought-study-finds

Sea Levels Are Surging at Faster and Faster Rates as Antarctica and Greenland Melt, Satellite Data Reveals -- Newsweek

Satellite data over 25 years confirms what climate models had predicted.....
http://www.newsweek.com/sea-level-rise-has-rapidly-accelerated-1992-melting-ice-and-its-not-803326

Trump's Cold-Snap Tweet Is Even More Shamelessly Stupid Than You Had First Thought. Here's Why. -- Mother Jones

As morning temperatures across the U.S. broke records Monday―residents of Watertown, New York, woke up to minus 31 degrees Fahrenheit and temperatures plunged to minus 19 degrees in Des Moines, Iowa―....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/trumps-cold-snap-tweet-is-even-more-shamelessly-stupid-than-you-had-first-thought-heres-why/