Battling Antarctic Ice Storms to Study the Secrets of Subzero Survival04:33

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Published on January 4, 2018

This biologist lives for months at a time in Antarctica, crossing dangerous sea ice to collect creatures from underneath it.

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“Researchers working in Antarctica found some species of marine life can double when water temperatures increase by only 1 or 2 degrees Celsius (1.8 or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a study published today in Current Biology. Study co-author Gail Ashton of the British Antarctic Survey and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center said the findings were a snapshot of what might happen on a wider scale if ocean temperatures continue to rise.”

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“A crack in the Larsen C ice shelf, a drifting extension of the land-based ice sheet, finally broke through after inching its way across the ice formation for years. The calving of ice shelves occurs naturally, though global warming is believed to have accelerated the process. Warmer ocean water erodes the underbelly of the ice shelves, while rising air temperatures weaken them from above.”

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“Changing winds at one end of the continent could actually be setting off a series of changes, like a set of falling dominoes, that pushes warm water below the ice at the other end, thousands of miles away. Finding these pieces of the Antarctic melt puzzle and putting them together will help scientists better pin down how much sea level rise is in store as the world warms, and when cities from Miami to Shanghai may largely disappear from the map.”

Climate Change Is Threatening Many More Animals Than We Thought

“While most studies seek to predict global warming’s future impact on animal survival, the new analysis found that for ‘large numbers’ of threatened species, the damage was already being done.
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Written By: Paige Keipper

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