Stronger El Niños could increase Antarctica melting and have a “double whammy” effect "worsening extreme weather – heat, drought and bushfire risk in eastern Australia and floods in California, Peru and Chile – and accelerate sea level rise." theguardian.com/environment/20… Adam Morton

2/3 But there’s a skip in the beat. Right now in the Southern Ocean there’s less sea ice and more exposed coast than ever. ⬇️ Monthly sea ice concentration Sep 21 - Dec 22, with wind patterns. Red for loss, blue for gain. Purple is avg ice edge, green actual. (anim: Will Hobbs)

3/3 With three extreme sea-ice loss events in the last six years, a regime shift is under way in the Southern Ocean. What does this mean for food webs and ice shelf stability? We’re here to find out. ⚠️ Read more at aappartnership.org.au/deep-freeze-fa… 📸 minke whale in sea ice, Patti Virtue

Study: #Antarctic Peninsula's glaciers melting faster in warmer summer months. “The Antarctic Peninsula has seen some of the most rapid warming of any region on Earth." esa.int/Applications/O… European Space Agency

In #Antarctica, sea ice melt has accelerated in the past decade: "melting of the Antarctic ice sheet... will continue to contribute to sea level rise for a long time, which will test the adaptive capacity of humanity." theconversation.com/the-antarctic-… La Conversation Canada #StandWithPenguins

At the start of February I went to #Antarctica with Oceanites to collect important #penguin data. We visited Chinstrap colonies on the Tetrad Islands carrying out counts & #dronesurveys. Check out my Cesium story board for info & 3D models I created ion.cesium.com/stories/viewer…

After decades of talks UN agrees to protect biodiversity in the high seas: “Comprehensive protection of endangered species and habitats is now finally possible on more than 40 percent of the Earth’s surface.”⁦Patrick Whittle⁩ ⁦Christina Larson⁩ The Associated Press pbs.org/newshour/world…

"Globally, February 2023 set a record for the lowest February sea ice extent (coverage) on record. Antarctic sea ice extent ranked lowest on record at 460,000 square miles below the 1991-2020 average" noaa.gov/news/february-…

La Niña is over. Are any of us really ready for what comes next?

The latest #IPCC report released this week is a final warning to us all on climate action. This thread shows just a few reactions to the report across SEAI staff members which we hope will inspire you to act now, before it’s too late. (1/16)

French court orders fishing bans to protect dolphins phys.org/news/2023-03-f… via Phys.org

#Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 6th lowest on record (JAXA data). • about 200,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 640,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,130,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice…

Was this the year Antarctic sea ice started its inevitable long-term decline? insideclimatenews.org/news/06012023/…

Celebrating World Penguin Day youtube.com/watch?v=93BdHm…

On #WorldPenguinDay check out this new video about Oceanites work on the impacts of #climatechange on penguin populations in #Antarctica. youtube.com/watch?v=93BdHm… GW University

Dramatic #climate changes in #Antarctica: "The potential impacts of a slowing and warming Antarctic current could be dramatic, even impeding the flow of the Gulf Stream and rendering Arctic conditions to northern Europe." al.com/news/2023/04/u… James McClintock

Oceanites Counts Penguins with Cesium – Cesium cesium.com/blog/2023/04/1…

"Oceanites has been visiting Antarctica and counting penguins for 30 years, sharing the reality of climate change through the lens of penguin population dynamics." cesium.com/blog/2023/04/1…

The Sexy Science of Penguin Counting planetforward.org/story/sexy-sci…

Check out “My Penguin Friend” — in theaters only on August 16, the extraordinary story of DinDim the Penguin. A ‘must see’ for all of us penguin-o-philes: mypenguinfriend.com/home/