Rising temperatures in Antarctica have seen two species of plants grow quicker, in a ten year period, because of climate change, according to an article published in Current Biology under the heading of “Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica”
The researchers then compared their findings to surveys conducted over the previous 50 years and discovered that not only had the plants become more densely populated at the sites, but they had also grown faster each year as the climate warmed.
Sea ice in Canada's Hudson Bay has been unusually late to refreeze, raising fears over the impact on polar bears waiting for sea ice so they can break their fasts and hunt seals