Antarctica is thawing, now green with plant life!
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 11:52 am
For all of recorded history, Antarctica has been an inhospitable and frozen wasteland, nothing but tundra- until now that is. Because of man made climate change, we are finally beginning to see the first signs of an Antarctica that is gradually becoming green with plant life. In the not too distant future, it might become warm enough to support human colonization. A new continent might truly be opening up.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... -find.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... ica-green/
What are your thoughts on this unexpected development? Is this a sign of just how bad the rest of the globe's temperatures will become? To what extent can we expect the greater land area covered in plants to offset the current and future emissions from fossil fuel use and melting permafrost releasing vast stores of carbon and methane?
Should we permanently settle Antarctica like we have for the other continents?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... -find.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... ica-green/
What are your thoughts on this unexpected development? Is this a sign of just how bad the rest of the globe's temperatures will become? To what extent can we expect the greater land area covered in plants to offset the current and future emissions from fossil fuel use and melting permafrost releasing vast stores of carbon and methane?
Should we permanently settle Antarctica like we have for the other continents?