New study finds Antarctica is rapidly greening due to climate change - UPI.com

1 of 3 | Photo courtesy Nature.com/ Creative Commons License Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The Antarctic is rapidly greening due to climate change global warming, according to a new study Friday from the British Antarctic Survey and the universities of Exeter and Hertfordshire.

Greening has increased on the Antarctic Peninsula from less than 1.1 square miles in 1986 to nearly 14.3 square miles in 2021.



Advertisement "Antarctica has experienced significant increases in temperature over the past 60 years," the study said. "With rates of warming highest in the West Antarctic and Antarctic Peninsula regions and occurring much faster than global average warming." The study, published in Nature Geoscience, said the.

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