Global Warming In Antarctica 2024

Global Warming In Antarctica 2024. The main cause is ocean warming, which not only melts the ice sheet directly, but also thins the floating ice shelves that hold the ice sheet on land. A new study suggests that earth's natural forces could substantially reduce antarctica's impact on rising sea levels, but only if carbon emissions are swiftly reduced in the coming decades.

7, 2023 — antarctica’s vast ice masses seem far away, yet they store enough water to raise global sea levels by several meters. The main cause is ocean warming, which not only melts the ice sheet directly, but also thins the floating ice shelves that hold the ice sheet on land.