“ The Antarctic has melted about 268 billion tons of ice between 1979 and 2017 ”
“ About 90% of the Earth's fresh water lies in the ice of Antarctica. As the Earth warms, the glaciers are melting and becoming more vulnerable. If they collapse, they will inundate many coastal cities. ”
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What does climate change mean for the wildlife here? The lives of polar wildlife must be at risk.
“ I will always remember such deep sadness," sadly they exclaimed. “I hope we can guard this place and protect it.”
Animals in Antarctica have been caught in a reproductive crisis, with seals, penguins and other animals suffering damage to their living environment and making foraging more difficult, which is truly the end of the world for them.
The Antarctic is extraordinarily sensitive to climate change, which does not happen overnight. The average temperature in Antarctica has risen by nearly 3 degrees Celsius over the past half century, and nearly 87% of the glaciers on the West Coast have receded, and there are signs of accelerated recession.
Protecting the only pure land in the world together
Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth, located in the Southern Hemisphere's Antarctic region, home to the geographic South Pole. Most of Antarctica lies within the Antarctic Circle and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in the world, with an area of about 14 million square kilometers, behind Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, and twice the size of Oceania. Except for the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula, about 98% of the continent is covered by an ice sheet with an average thickness of 1.9 km. Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on earth, the only continent that crosses all meridians, and the continent with the highest average altitude.