Antarctica Gains 2,400 Manhattans Of Ice Overnight

  • Date: 27/09/12

Antarctica gained 140,000 km² of ice overnight, to reach the sixth highest daily area ever recorded. Another day like today, and tomorrow will break the all-time record for most sea ice ever measured at either pole.

arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.south.anom.1979-2008

Climate experts tell us that the poles are melting down and that penguins are in danger of extinction due to missing ice.

arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.south.anom.1979-2008

Real Science, 26 September 2012