Many Antarctic glaciers are never snow-free. See how remarkably different this year is.
3/24/23
from The Washington Post,
3/24/23:
Many glaciers in Antarctica are never entirely free of snow, even after summers end in the southern hemisphere. Yet this season, abnormally warm temperatures have melted several snowy regions in the peninsula, the arm of Antarctica protruding toward South America, to their bare ground. It’s the second year in a row with an above-average melt season in the peninsula — an area heating up five times faster than the global average — and it’s fueling concern among researchers.
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