Loss of Antarctic ice ‘may need centuries’ to recover

Two individuals in red jackets stand looking across a polar landscape. An urgent priority for scientists is estimating the rate at which the Antarctic ice sheet will melt. This will have implications for sea-level rise projections.
Photo by Cassie Matias cc by 2.0.

Antarctic sea ice has fallen to a record low this year as a result of rising global temperatures and there is no quick fix to reverse the damage done, scientists have warned in a new study. David Stanway reports for The Canberra Times.