While global temperature rise may be behaving as predicted, there are certain regions on earth where climate change is happening way faster than expected.

And nowhere is that more true than the polar regions.

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Contents

00:00 Intro
00:57 Woops
01:53 Antarctica is changing faster than predicted
03:19 Polar Amplification
04:04 Sea level rise from Antarctica
04:58 Thwaites Glacier
06:45 Tipping points in West Antarctica
08:32 There is still time to act

#ClimateChange #Antarctica

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