Australian climate science projects in Antarctica put on ice due to budget cuts

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/01/australian-antarctic-division-research-program-budget-cuts-climate-science-projects

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killernova@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

It's because the ice melted didn't it.

silence7@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

There are still thousand-meter-thick ice sheets covering Antarctica. We've lost some of the floating sea ice around it recently, but it will likely take a thousand years or more to melt it all.

killernova@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Haha yeah I know, just making that joke while I still can lol