Paris, France, March 18, 2026 (AFP) - Storms, warm seas drove sudden drop in Antarctic ice: study

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2026-03-18

Unusually strong winds and warm ocean water likely drove a rapid plunge in Antarctic sea ice in recent years, scientists said on Wednesday, shedding new light on a puzzling event. While the Arctic sea ice area has been steadily declining, the story has been very different in Antarctica, where coverage hit a record high in 2015 before flipping to a record low only two years later. Climate models struggled to explain this "unexpected and abrupt dec......

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