Although many of us love spring, when everything starts to turn green and the first flowers appear, there is a part of the Earth where this is not quite a good sign, and in recent years native flowers have begun to spread more and more in Antarctica. .
Researchers from the University of Washington (UW) recorded the largest heatwave ever in Antarctica in 2022. In March, temperatures near Antarctica exceeded normal by 39 degrees Celsius and reached -10 degrees Celsius for three consecutive days. This was the highest temperature anomaly recorded anywhere in the world.
Only two species can survive on the Antarctic Peninsula: Antarctic sedge (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic sedge (Colobanthus cutensis). Team with modeling strategy determinedHow will the climate in Antarctica evolve in the coming decades? The team found that climate change over the past century has increased heatwaves by 2°C, while the equivalent heatwave in 2096 will be 6°C warmer than in 2022.
This future scenario is March temperatures could bring Antarctica dangerously close to melting pointWhich threatens the continent’s vast ice sheets. By the end of the century, some models predict that ice-free land on the Antarctic Peninsula could triple.
