The Ice in Antarctica

“The Antarctic Peninsula has experienced dramatic warming at rates several times the global mean. Since records began, 50 years ago, mean annual temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula have risen rapidly. The resulting increase in melt has caused dramatic impacts. A recent NASA study found that Antarctica is losing land ice at a rate of 31 billion tons of water a year. Ross Island sits on the edge of the continent and ominously experienced its first recorded rain just a few years ago."

- NASA, NOAA, IPCC 4th Assessment Report

WHAT YOU CAN DO

• Reduce your carbon emissions by consuming less meat and cutting overall fossil-fuel use.

• Practice the 3 R’s—Reduce, Reuse, Recycle—to lower the global demand driving climate change.

• Support policies that cut greenhouse-gas emissions and phase out coal, oil, and gas.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND HOW TO HELP

Visit:

• British Antarctic Survey (BAS)

• Antarctic & Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC)

• Oceanites