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Analysis of satellite data finds plant cover has increased more than tenfold over the last few decades

Plant cover across the Antarctic peninsula has soared more than tenfold over the last few decades, as the climate crisis heats up the icy continent.

Analysis of satellite data found there was less than one sq kilometre of vegetation in 1986 but there was almost 12km2 of green cover by 2021. The spread of the plants, mostly mosses, has accelerated since 2016, the researchers found.

The growth of vegetation on a continent dominated by ice and bare rock is a sign of the reach of global heating into the Antarctic, which is warming faster than the global average. The scientists warned that this spread could provide a foothold for alien invasive species into the pristine Antarctic ecosystem.

Greening has also been reported in the Arctic, and in 2021 rain, not snow, fell on the summit of Greenland’s huge ice cap for the first time on record.

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[–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Cool! We could build resorts. And start surveying for resources like oil.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Cool!

No, it's less cool, now.

[–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Ahhh I see what you did there

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think at lemmy it makes more sense to have a sign for not sarcastic. Maybe ~/s~

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah....I suspect the Antarctic treaty is going to go away as soon as people discover resources on the continent.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Alternative Title: We're Fucked Y'all

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

We've been fucked. It's just a matter of what your individual exit plan is, if anything.

[–] tee9000@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Just heli-drop heribcides and pesticides on the affected areas? This isnt rocket science.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

How are the housing prices?

[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

wait, this could save us as long as it's allowed to form a natural carbon sink and nobody goes to drill or build resorts on it

[–] WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Resorts you say Not blazing hot you say