Antarctic temperatures are on the rise, with record-breaking sea ice losses noted in July. Unless global warming is curbed, Antarctica will continue to face extreme and damaging weather events in the coming years.
The analysis also points to extreme cyclones that were “implicated in a major iceberg calving event of the Brunt Ice Shelf in 2020” as well as “the rapid sea ice decline in the Weddell Sea in 2016/17.”
Anna Hogg, professor in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds and a study co-author, said the new research makes clear that “while extreme events are known to impact the globe through heavy rainfall and flooding, heatwaves, and wildfires, such as those seen in Europe this summer, they also impact the remote polar regions.
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