Antarctic Watch Headlines 03/08/2023

Antarctic Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, but Role of Warming Is Unclear
Scientific American, 2023-03-08
The vast and deep Southern Ocean complicates efforts to single out the role of climate change in declining sea ice

Antarctic sea ice cover at record low
Phys.org, 2023-03-08
Sea ice in Antarctica shrank to the smallest area on record in February for the second year in a row, continuing a decade-long decline, the European Union’s climate monitoring service said Tuesday.

Massive Australia wildfires increased Antarctic ozone hole: study
YAHOO!News, 2023-03-08
Smoke from monster wildfires in Australia caused a chemical reaction that widened the ozone hole 10 percent, researchers said Wednesday, raising fears that increasing forest fires could delay the recovery of Earth’s atmospheric protection against deadly UV radiation.

How Vacationers on Antarctic Cruises Are Filling in Scientific Gaps
Smithsonian Magazine, 2023-03-07
From ships and submarines, citizen scientists can access remote areas ripe for new discoveries. But does the research make up for the climate impact?

Antarctic Sea Ice Melt
Barron’s, 2023-03-08
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Australia’s Black Summer bushfires increased Antarctic ozone hole, study says
SBS, 2023-03-08
Bushfires during 2019-20 caused a chemical reaction that increased ozone depletion, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.

Antarctic ozone hole increased by 10% due to Australian megafires
Interesting Engineering, 2023-03-08
MIT researchers have discovered a formerly unrecognized ‘ozone-depleting’ chemical process triggered by wildfires.

Renée Brinkerhoff is planing another Antarctic adventure
Hagerty Media on MSN.com, 2023-03-08
Renée Brinkerhoff may have conquered seven continents in her 1956 Porsche 356A, but she still has unfinished business in the Antarctic. Officially Brinkerhoff’s 356-mile drive across the frozen wastes in December 2021 marked the end of her Project 356 World Rally,

Antarctic sea ice extent reaches all-time low: EU monitor
Al Jazeera on MSN.com, 2023-03-08
Ice in the Antarctic sea reached its lowest monthly extent in February, breaking a previous record from 2017, the European Union’s climate monitoring service has said. In a report released on Tuesday,

Antarctic Sea Ice Cover At Record Low: EU Monitor
Barron’s, 2023-03-08
Sea ice in Antarctica shrank to the smallest area on record in February for the second year in a row, continuing a decade-long decline, the European Union’s climate monitoring service said Tuesday.