{"id":261694,"date":"2024-10-04T13:55:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T13:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/04\/parts-of-antarctica-are-turning-green-at-an-astounding-rate\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:59","slug":"parts-of-antarctica-are-turning-green-at-an-astounding-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/04\/parts-of-antarctica-are-turning-green-at-an-astounding-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Parts of Antarctica are turning green at an &#8216;astounding&#8217; rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg?width=900 900w, 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1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/03121327\/SEI_224277164.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2450516\" data-caption=\"Vegetation on Ardley Island, close to the Antarctic Peninsula\" data-credit=\"Charman\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Vegetation on Ardley Island, close to the Antarctic Peninsula<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Charman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Antarctica are turning green faster than expected, with researchers warning that climate change could lead to a devastating influx of invasive species.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scale of the greening trend we found shocked us,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/experts.exeter.ac.uk\/search?by=text&amp;type=user&amp;v=%22Tom%20Roland%22\">Tom Roland<\/a> at the University of Exeter, UK. \u201cThe rate of change we\u2019re seeing in terms of increasing vegetation cover is astounding and, worryingly, accelerating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Antarctica is warming twice as fast as the global average, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-023-01791-5\">according to recent research<\/a>.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2450512-parts-of-antarctica-are-turning-green-at-an-astounding-rate\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Vegetation on Ardley Island, close to the Antarctic Peninsula Charman Parts of Antarctica are turning green 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