Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

New study confirms “abrupt changes” underway in Antarctica. These abrupt changes include a rapid decline in sea-ice coverage, weakening of ice sheet and ice shelf stability, and population declines in some marine and terrestrial species, due to habitat loss.


Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are experiencing “abrupt changes” due to human-caused climate change.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/EverythingScience

Read more on:

Photo of ice shelf stability

ice shelf stability

Photo of rapid decline

rapid decline

Photo of New Study

New Study

Related news:

News photo

Study Confirms 'Abrupt Changes' in Antarctica – And The World Will Feel Them

News photo

New Study Shows Gait Retraining Could Significantly Reduce Knee Pain from Osteoarthritis and Potentially Slow Cartilage Damage

News photo

Industry managed forests more likely to fuel megafires – The odds of high-severity wildfire were nearly one-and-a-half times higher on industrial private land than on publicly owned forests, a new study found.