Antarctica turning green

[Dead_Parrot]

Images of a white, barren continent could need updating as climate change brings more plants to Antarctica's formerly frozen shores.

An international report issued on Tuesday has found that winter temperatures in west Antarctica have increased by as much as five degrees Celsius - and that allows cushion plants and grasses to thrive.

"We're seeing more plant growth," Dr Colin Summerhayes, executive director of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), told AAP.

"It's getting a bit greener."

The SCAR report found warm temperatures brought summer rain instead of snow to western Antarctica - that's the bit near South America - so more rock and soil was exposed to the sky and to plants. And thanks to human visitors, 'alien' species like flies and bacteria were also increasing.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/3114683/Antarctica-turning-green

[Systematic Chaos]

1. Sounds like a perfect playground for those upcoming legions of squeegeemen.

*sigh*

[phantom power]

2. I, for one, welcome our new polar grain belt.

:patriot:

[hatrack]

3. Emails! Data Dumps!! EMAILS!!!! DATA DUMPS!!! FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAUD!!!!

There, that should take care of it for today.

[Nederland]

4. It has been green before

I saw it in a movie so it must be true :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GT59zmF_Oo