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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Antarctica Heating Up, "Ignored" Satellite Data Show


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West Antarctica may actually be warming faster than the Antarctic Peninsula (above, the warmest areas shown in dark red), researchers said in January 2009.

The evidence, from a combination of satellite and weather station data, contradicts previous studies showing that the Antarctic Peninsula was warming while the rest of the continent has cooled.

Illustration courtesy NASA; E. J. Steig