Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
While global temperature rise may be behaving as predicted, there are certain regions on earth where climate change is happening way faster than expected.
And nowhere is that more true than the polar regions.
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Contents
00:00 Intro
00:57 Woops
01:53 Antarctica is changing faster than predicted
03:19 Polar Amplification
04:04 Sea level rise from Antarctica
04:58 Thwaites Glacier
06:45 Tipping points in West Antarctica
08:32 There is still time to act
#ClimateChange #Antarctica
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References and resources
aluckman4.wixsite.com/ade-s-world-of-ice/post/impending-disintegration-of-thwaites-eastern-ice-shelf
pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/stability-inspection-for-west-antarctica-shows-marine-ice-sheet-is-not-destabilized-yet-but-possibly-on-a-path-to-tipping?set_language=en
theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/07/climate-change-tipping-points/674778
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Space_for_our_climate/Ice_sheet_melt_on_track_with_worst-case_climate_scenario
Benn et al. (2022) tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/2545/2022
Gudmundsson et al. (2022) agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023GL102880
Slater et al. (2020) nature.com/articles/s41558-020-0893-y
Hill et al. (2023) tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/3739/2023
Reese et al (2023) tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/3761/2023
Casado et al. (2023) nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01791-5
thwaitesglacier.org/about/facts
Wang et al. (2022) essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/411/2023/essd-15-411-2023.html
Bernales et al. (2017) tc.copernicus.org/articles/11/247/2017
Bamber et al. (2009) science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1169335
While global temperature rise may be behaving as predicted, there are certain regions on earth where climate change is happening way faster than expected.
And nowhere is that more true than the polar regions.
####################################################
Contents
00:00 Intro
00:57 Woops
01:53 Antarctica is changing faster than predicted
03:19 Polar Amplification
04:04 Sea level rise from Antarctica
04:58 Thwaites Glacier
06:45 Tipping points in West Antarctica
08:32 There is still time to act
#ClimateChange #Antarctica
####################################################
Support me on Patreon here to help keep these videos ad-free:
patreon.com/Dr_Gilbz.
Subscriptions help me make more (& better!) video content about climate and polar science, and keep these videos independent.
####################################################
References and resources
aluckman4.wixsite.com/ade-s-world-of-ice/post/impending-disintegration-of-thwaites-eastern-ice-shelf
pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/stability-inspection-for-west-antarctica-shows-marine-ice-sheet-is-not-destabilized-yet-but-possibly-on-a-path-to-tipping?set_language=en
theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/07/climate-change-tipping-points/674778
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Space_for_our_climate/Ice_sheet_melt_on_track_with_worst-case_climate_scenario
Benn et al. (2022) tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/2545/2022
Gudmundsson et al. (2022) agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023GL102880
Slater et al. (2020) nature.com/articles/s41558-020-0893-y
Hill et al. (2023) tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/3739/2023
Reese et al (2023) tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/3761/2023
Casado et al. (2023) nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01791-5
thwaitesglacier.org/about/facts
Wang et al. (2022) essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/411/2023/essd-15-411-2023.html
Bernales et al. (2017) tc.copernicus.org/articles/11/247/2017
Bamber et al. (2009) science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1169335
