Scientists Warn About the ‘Greenlandification’ of Antarctica
Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting increases.
As recently as the 1990s, most of Antarctica’s vast ice cap still seemed securely frozen, while the Greenland Ice Sheet and the rest of the Arctic region were measurably thawing under human-caused global warming.
Recent research shows that Antarctica’s ice caps, glaciers, and floating ice shelves, as well as its sea ice, are just as vulnerable to warming as the Arctic.
Both satellite data and field observations in Antarctica reveal alarming signs of a Greenland-like meltdown, with:
- Increased surface melting of the ice fields
- Faster-moving glaciers
- Dwindling sea ice
Antarctica’s ice caps, glaciers and floating ice shelves, as well as its sea ice, are just as vulnerable to warming as the Arctic.
Author's summary: Antarctica's ice is melting due to global warming.
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