Antarctica: Disturbing Signs That Something Has Changed

<p>Among the scientific world, there has always been this naive stance that Antarctica could be big and cold enough to be the planet&rsquo;s last holdout from the climate crisis. Because Antarctica is five times the size of my country, Argentina, and about 10% of the Earth&rsquo;s total land. And, to put into perspective just how much ice is there: if&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/rising-seas-ice-melt-new-shoreline-maps" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">all of Antarctica&rsquo;s ice were to melt</a>, it would lead to 57 meters (187 feet) of sea-level rise, submerging entire cities and even countries worldwide.</p> <p>So what happens down there matters a lot.</p> <p>Historically, this ice has exhibited seasonal variations and was regarded as resilient to global warming. But 2023, becoming&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/the-new-climate/global-warning-2023-the-hottest-year-on-record-3c7c2604f3b3" rel="noopener">the hottest on record</a>, will also be the year when the climate crisis certainly arrived in Antarctica. Because the distressing events have piled up in unprecedented ways:</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/the-environment/the-year-the-climate-crisis-undoubtedly-arrived-in-antarctica-f24c1c1837e3"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>