Antarctica: how it is adapting to an increasingly warming climate

A team of researchers organized a field mission to understand how theAntarctica adapts to a warmer weather Surrounded by white fjords and quiet expanses of ice, these scientists have studied this special and thriving ecosystem that is now struggling with overheating.

Amazed at the size of some icebergs the size of the Statue of Liberty, the researchers realized the dramatic melting ice Especially the “Doomsday” ice, the largest in Antarctica, is subject to this phenomenon. It is extremely unstable and the slow but gradual melting threatens to cause sea levels to rise and change, with somewhat drastic consequences.

Melting ice: large-scale effects

Researchers quickly realized the large-scale consequences of melting ice. This dramatic phenomenon includes not only thearctic ecosystemfrom fish to mammals to plankton, but also our own continental ecosystem.

Yager and his team crossed the Antarctic and realized the real implications of the melting for the entire food chain. The sighting of an elephant seal, a unique event that never happened, was confirmation of this radical and groundbreaking change.

You may be wondering how a elephant seal on Antarctica. The answer lies in the activity of phytoplankton. They are fundamental in the entire food chain and in the structure of the global ecosystem.

Although Antarctica is poor in iron (essential for phytoplankton), this microorganism has successfully established itself and multiplied relatively quickly. Unlike penguins and polar bears, phytoplankton it has managed to adapt perfectly to climate change and the deficiencies of the environment.

The question we are all asking is how can we stop the ice melting. We must always remember that Antarctica and its ice sheet have a major impact on all terrestrial ecosystems and neglecting this problem can be dramatic.