Antarctica History Then And Now 2024. Research points to ocean warming as playing a key role in the deficit of sea ice around antarctica since then. New research out of nasa’s jet propulsion laboratory shows that in the central arctic, away from the coasts, fall sea ice now hovers around 1.3 meters (4.2 feet) thick, down.

Parts of icy antarctica are turning green with plant life as the region is gripped by extreme heat events, new research shows, sparking concerns about the changing landscape. The rate of #antarctic sea ice growth has slowed down even.