Sunday Argus: Antarctica is the highest, windiest, driest, wildest and coldest continent on Earth. Now, one of its massive ice sheets is melting.
Although the full environmental consequences of this profound change will only manifest globally over the coming centuries -- from 200 years to 1 000 years (still extremely rapid in geological time) -- many people alive today are likely to experience the first, early impacts.
The changing face of the Frozen Continent has been documented in a number of scientific...