Study: Antarctica is Warming Along With Rest of the Planet
Articles — By forcechange on January 21, 2009 5:25 pm
Scientists announced today that despite some past evidence to the contrary, the continent of Antarctica is warming, along with the rest of the planet. The new study took into account satellite measurements and found that between 1957 and 2006, temperatures in Antarctica rose an average of 0.18 degrees Fahrenheit.
These findings deal a blow to climate change skeptics who have used past indications of Antarctic cooling as evidence that anthropogenic climate change is not occurring.
Unfortunately, the consequences of a melting Antarctic could be great since its ice sheets hold enough water to raise sea levels by 187 feet if they were to melt.
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