"Tumbling" records in Antarctica must be taken more seriously because of their "cascading" global impacts, a group of scientists asked by the Foreign Office to investigate the "unprecedented" changes has warned.
After enormous icebergs up to a quarter the size of Wales appeared to break off with "increasing frequency", the Foreign Office commissioned the review, which has confirmed extreme events there are happening more often and are more intense.
Jane Rumble, head of polar regions at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, said: "What happens in Antarctica does not stay in Antarctica."
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After enormous icebergs up to a quarter the size of Wales appeared to break off with "increasing frequency", the Foreign Office commissioned the review, which has confirmed extreme events there are happening more often and are more intense.
Jane Rumble, head of polar regions at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, said: "What happens in Antarctica does not stay in Antarctica."
#antarctica #climatechange #globalwarming
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/tumbling-records-and-unprecedented-changes-in-antarctica-prompt-foreign-office-review-of-climate-change-impacts-12935408
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