Scientists Warn Antarctica , Facing Extreme Weather , Driven By Climate Change.<br />'Time' reports that scientists have warned that<br />records have even been shattered in Antarctica <br />amid a worldwide increase in temperatures.<br />'Time' reports that scientists have warned that<br />records have even been shattered in Antarctica <br />amid a worldwide increase in temperatures.<br />Researchers say that there has also been an <br />uptick in the number of extreme weather events.<br />Researchers say that there has also been an <br />uptick in the number of extreme weather events.<br />According to a new paper in <br />'Frontiers in Environmental Science,' <br />the western region along with the peninsula<br />have seen dramatic ice sheet melt. .<br />'Time' reports that one glacier has been dubbed <br />the 'Doomsday Glacier' by scientists, amid an <br />international effort to determine why it's melting so fast.<br />A changing Antarctica <br />is bad news for our planet, Martin Siegert, a glaciologist, professor of geosciences at <br />University of Exeter and lead author on the paper, via 'Time'.<br />According to Anna Hogg, one of the paper's co-authors and <br />a professor at the University of Leeds, the work illustrates <br />the deep connection between the ice, ocean and air. .<br />Once you’ve made a big change, <br />it can then be really hard to <br />sort of turn that around, Martin Siegert, a glaciologist, professor of geosciences at <br />University of Exeter and lead author on the paper, via 'Time'.<br />'Time' reports that the team investigated several factors <br />including heat waves, melting sea ice, collapse of <br />ice shelves and associated impact on biodiversity.<br />I'm not an alarmist, but <br />what we see is alarming, Waleed Abdalati, an environmental researcher <br />at the University of Colorado, via 'Time'.<br />We can handle events, but we <br />can't handle a steady increase <br />of those destructive events, Waleed Abdalati, an environmental researcher <br />at the University of Colorado, via 'Time'
