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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Scientists Warn Antarctica Facing Extreme Weather Driven By Climate Change
Caption: 'Time' reports that scientists have warned that records have even been shattered in Antarctica amid a worldwide increase in temperatures. Researchers say that there has also been an uptick in the number of extreme weather events. According to a new paper in 'Frontiers in Environmental Science,' the western region along with the peninsula have seen dramatic ice sheet melt. 'Time' reports that one glacier has been dubbed the 'Doomsday Glacier' by scientists, amid an international effort to determine why it's melting so fast. "A changing Antarctica is bad news for our planet.", According to Anna Hogg, one of the paper's co-authors and a professor at the University of Leeds, the work illustrates the deep connection between the ice, ocean and air. "Once you've made a big change, it can then be really hard to sort of turn that around.", Martin Siegert, a glaciologist, professor of geosciences at University of Exeter and lead author on the paper, via 'Time'. 'Time' reports that the team investigated several factors including heat waves, melting sea ice, collapse of ice shelves and associated impact on biodiversity. "I'm not an alarmist, but what we see is alarming.", "We can handle events, but we can't handle a steady increase of those destructive events.", Waleed Abdalati, an environmental researcher at the University of Colorado, via 'Time' THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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