Antarctica Is melting, and giant ice cracks are just the start
By Douglas Fox From National Geographic The massive iceberg poised to break off the Larsen C Ice Shelf may be a harbinger of a continent-wide collapse that would swamp coastal cities around the world. Seen from above, the Pine Island…
On March 24th 2015 Antarctica may have just set its highest temperature on record
BY ANDREW FREEDMAN From Mashable Antarctica, Earth’s coldest, most barren continent, may have just set a remarkably unusual weather record. An Argentinian research station on the rapidly warming Antarctic Peninsula recorded a high temperature of 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit (17.5 degrees…
