The West Antarctic
Peninsula is bathed
by relatively warm waters from the Antarctic Circumpolar
Current that comes close to the surface near the peninsula, and that current is gaining heat as the oceans warm, studie
Current that comes close to the surface near the
peninsula, and that
current is gaining heat as the oceans warm, studie
current is gaining heat as the
oceans warm, studies show.
Also warming should be more pronounced at higher latitudes, but there is no, repeat no, warming in Antarctica except for the
peninsula, where the warming is probably caused
by ocean currents, not atmospheric CO2.