Antarctic sea ice shows sharp post-2015 decline (opens in new tab)

Antarctic sea ice has declined sharply since 2015, after decades in which the region appeared to resist the sustained ice loss recorded in the Arctic, according to a ScienceAlert article adapted from The Conversation by Aditya Narayanan and co-authors. The article says satellite monitoring since the late 1970s showed a seasonal pattern of sea ice growth and retreat around Antarctica that remained comparatively resilient and even expanded between 2007 and 2015. That pattern changed after 2015,...