An Upheaval at the Ends of the World
When Roald Amundsen made it to the bottom of the world in 1911, it marked a new chapter in the human story. On Monday, a new NASA report warned that ancient glaciers in Antarctica are “waking up” and beginning to dump ice into the sea, which could eventually raise sea levels. The following day, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its new Arctic Report Card, which finds that the top of the world is also thawing, melting, and breaking down.
