In Antarctica, global warming has been turning the snow green. And no, that’s not a good thing. It’s all happening on and near the Antarctic Peninsula, the bit of the Frozen Continent that juts out furthest north. It’s one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. By some accounts, average annual temperatures have increased by almost 3°C (5.4°F) since the start of the Industrial Revolution (c. 1800). The Peninsula is where, in 2020, Antarctica’s temperature topped 20°C (68°F) for the first time on record. On February 9, 2020, Brazilian scientists logged…
