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=====Ice shelf collapses in previously stable East Antarctica===== | |||
[https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-new-york-new-york-city-antarctica-4f5f1817bffd632e48e845d4638cc237 by By SETH BORENSTEIN March 25, 2022 AP NEws] | |||
The collapse, captured by satellite images, marked the first time in human history that the frigid region had an ice shelf collapse. It happened at the beginning of a freakish warm spell last week when temperatures soared more than 70 degrees (40 Celsius) warmer than normal in some spots of East Antarctica. Satellite photos show the area had been shrinking rapidly the last couple of years, and now scientists wonder if they have been overestimating East Antarctica’s stability and resistance to global warming that has been melting ice rapidly on the smaller western side and the vulnerable peninsula. | |||
=====Terrifying Study Finds Melting Permafrost Could Unleash Way More Carbon Than We Thought===== | =====Terrifying Study Finds Melting Permafrost Could Unleash Way More Carbon Than We Thought===== | ||
