Antarctica

[Lewis]

3 years in a row dipping below 2m sq km.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/24/antarctica-sea-ice-reaches-alarming-low-for-third-year-in-a-row#:~:text=For the third year in,satellite measurements started in 1979.

 

“For the third year in a row, sea ice coverage around Antarctica has dropped below 2m sq km – a threshold which before 2022 had not been breached since satellite measurements started in 1979”

 

 

[Lewis]

Seems to be a lot of action around the Thwaites Glacier ice shelf lately, saw some sat images this week and appears the ice is breaking faster than ever.  Perhaps this glaciologist research about thwaites collapsing in 5 years could become true.

 

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/18/1065547278/scientist-explains-how-a-crumbling-glacier-could-shrink-coastlines-globally