Antarctica is greening due to the spread of vegetation – Science and IT
Hardy plants adapted to difficult conditions, starting to colonize bare rocks and gradually creating conditions for other types of vegetation.
Earth-observing satellites continue to record climate change. According to their data, the once ice-covered areas of Antarctica are gradually turning green due to the spread of vegetation.
Science Alert writes about it.
In a new study, scientists, analyzing satellite data over the past 35 years, found that the area of land covered by vegetation on the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than 10 times: from 0.86 sq. km in 1986 to 11.95 sq. km in 2021.
Greening of the coldest region of the planet
These changes are most noticeable in the warmer areas of the peninsula, where mosses and lichens became the first “settlers”. Hardy plants adapted to difficult conditions, starting to colonize bare rocks and gradually creating…
