Scientists: East Antarctica not so frozen. “…colleagues found evidence that the base of the ice sheet is close to thawing. This raises the possibility that this coastal region…could be sensitive to even small changes in temperature.” @physorg_com phys.org/news/2024-02...

Currently stable parts of East Antarctica may be closer to melting than anyone has realized

In a warming climate, meltwater from Antarctica is expected to contribute significantly to rising seas. For the most part, though, research has been focused on West Antarctica, in places like the Thwa...

All this debate about whether global temperature rise below 1.5°C is still a viable target... when it's painfully apparent to anyone who cares to look, that due to polar amplification, global temperature is already too high for anyone's comfort. iccinet.org/statecryo23/

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