🌍 Climate change is not just about temperature rises or extreme weather; it's affecting the very spin of our planet! The massive ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica is having profound, unexpected impacts.

The acceleration of ice melting is actually delaying a "global timekeeping" issue, which would've required adjusting clocks sooner. We're altering Earth's balance, highlighting the urgent need for climate action.

Learn more about this study: https://nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07170-0

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> According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the overall trend in Arctic sea-ice minimum extent from 1979 to 2022 is down - by 12.6 percent per decade, relative to the 1981 to 2010 average (fig. 1). The average loss of sea ice works out at about 78,500 square kilometres per year. That's like losing an area the size of the state of South Carolina or the country of Austria - every year!

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Can we protect the healthy parts of our Arctic before it's too late?

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Protecting a Polar Home I Our Frozen Planet | BBC Earth
Protecting a Polar Home I Our Frozen Planet | BBC Earth

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