Is antarctica melting from global warming?

Answer 1

Antarctica is a continent, and the size of raw land is not affected by global warming.

Sea ice, which is permanent in the Arctic and covers 98% of the continent of Antarctica is affected by global warming.

Some current predictions state that the Arctic sea ice may disappear in the coming years.

(The Arctic Circle is a line of latitude the position of which moves slightly depending on the tilt of the earth. Global warming does not affect its position.)

Answer 2

Antarctica has already been experiencing warming, though not as much as in some other parts of the world. It is generally losing ice, though mostly on the coast whereas there may be slight gains in East Antarctica. Sea ice has been slowly increasing in coverage, though this is largely due to variations in the Southern Annular Mode.

Answer 3

Yes, global warming is melting ice everywhere, including Antarctica. Warming air is putting more moisture into the atmosphere, which, in Antarctica is falling as snow in the centre of the continent. As the centre is well below freezing point, this snow builds up as ice. However, the edges of the ice cap are melting, particularly in the Western Peninsula.

Answer 4

Yes, but the effects in cold countries, and Antarctica is a very cold continent, are harder to pick. There is evidence that the ice shelves in the west are melting faster by warmer seas getting in underneath. This is causing the 'calving' of icebergs and indeed, great mountains of ice.

Answer 5

Yes, Antarctica is melting from global warming.

Answer 6

Yes. As well, the southern ocean waters are warming, melting ice shelves -- Larson in particular on the peninsula -- from the bottom.

Answer 7

Global means world-wide, so global warming is a warming all over the earth. Warming melts ice, including the ice in Antarctica.

Answer 8

yes of course

Answer 9

gettting warmer