Friday, February 14, 2020

A Gold Rush When the Ice Melts

I can't wait for someone from the Trump crime family to discuss how great it will be to exploit the mineral resources of Antarctica once all that pesky ice melts.
Brazilian scientists measured a temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius (approximately 69.35 degrees Fahrenheit) on Seymour Island Feb. 9...
"We'd never seen a temperature this high in Antarctica," Brazilian scientist Carlos Schaefer told AFP.
It's just a matter of time.
...Antarctica as a whole has warmed by almost three degrees Celsius over the past 50 years, according to WMO data reported by BBC News. During that time, about 87 percent of the glaciers on its western coast have retreated. The region also just recorded its warmest January on record.

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