Penguin on ice floe

The South Pole feels Pacific heat

June 29, 2020

In a "news and views" piece in Nature Climate Change, INSTAAR Sharon Stammerjohn and CIRES researcher Ted Scambos spell out the evidence and consequences of rapid warming at the South Pole and call for action to “flatten the curve” of global carbon emissions.

The American buildings of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station are stark black boxes on a white snowy ground. Photo by Vicki Beaver/Alamy.

Even the South Pole is warming, and quickly, scientists say (New York Times)

June 29, 2020

Surface air temperatures at the bottom of the world have risen three times faster than the global average since the 1990s. Sharon Stammerjohn (INSTAAR) and Ted Scambos (NSIDC) are quoted about their commentary in Nature Climate Change.