Antarctica is also feeling the global warming heat just like the other continents.
Antarctic peninsula is in critical state because of global warming.
Western parts of the Antarctica are the ones melting at the fastest pace.
Eastern areas of Antarctica are not affected in such measure with global warming like western parts of the Antarctica.
Most global warming studies on Antarctica include data from Antarctica peninsula only because of many weather stations located in this area.
Increased temperatures are more expressed on Arctic than on Antarctica but Antarctica is also feeling the global warming heat.
There are some parts of Antarctica that are even cooling despite the global warming phenomenon but overall Antarctica is warming.
With more ice melting on Antarctica there is greater danger of significant sea level rise in years to come.
If global warming continues to strengthen its impact many animal species on Antarctica, including penguins could face extinction.
Antarctic Peninsula had tremendous increase in annual average temperature at about 2,5 °C in the last 50 years, which is three times more than world’s average.
Ice is Antarctica is thick in average about 1,6 kilometers (1 mile) but it is still melting rapidly.
Global warming is not the only problem in Antarctica, there is also one giant ozone hole that continues to grow.
Nice list of Antarctic facts! Antarctica is really fascinating and I always like hearing stuff about it.
I would, however, argue with your point that the “Antarctic peninsula is in critical state because of global warming.” I agree that temperatures on the Peninsula have increased a lot over the last 50 years but this is not really due to the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases that is leading to the warming over the rest of the globe. The warming on the Peninsula is driven more by changes in the atmospheric circulation patterns, which are forced mostly by the ozone/temperature changes in the region where the stratosphere and troposphere meet.