Antarctica air is warming faster than anywhere else
01 April 2006
by Richard Conan-Davies
| Antarctic air is warming up 3 times faster than anywhere else on earth. This is according to an analysis over 30 years using weather ballons by the British Antarctic Survey Dr John Turner , the lead author , explains that "The warming above the Antarctic could have implications for snowfall across the Antarctic and sea level rise. Current climate model simulations don’t reproduce the observed warming, pointing to weaknesses in their ability to represent the Antarctic climate system. Our next step is to try to improve the models. " reported this week in the Journal Science
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image: British Antarctic Survey |
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