26 bekende klimatologen hebben samen een rapport uitgebracht, hierin de kennis samenvattend die verkregen is sedert het 4e IPCC rapport. Voor de geïnteresseerden, zie link.
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There have however been large regional changes in Antarctic sea-ice distribution: for example, the Weddell and Ross Sea areas have shown increased
extent linked to changes in large-scale atmospheric circulation, while the western Antarctic Peninsula region and the coast of West Antarctica (Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas) show a significant decline consistent with more northerly winds and surface warming observed there (Lefebvre et al. 2004; Turner et al. 2009; Steig et al. 2009). These regional changes are linked to a major change in the seasonality of the ice; that is, its duration and the timing of the annual advance and retreat (Stammerjohn
et al. 2008).
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Several
independent analyses (Chapman and Walsh 2008; Monaghan et al. 2008; Goosse et al. 2009; Steig et al. 2009) show that on average, Antarctica has warmed by about 0.5°C since wide-scale measurements began in the 1957 International Geophysical Year, with particularly rapid warming around the Antarctic Peninsula region and over the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (Figure 14 shows the mean trend from 1957-2006).
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