Antarctic is cooling, but climate skeptics aren't going to be happy

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Antarctic is cooling, but climate skeptics aren't going to be happy

By Chris Mooney, Washington Post
July 23, 2016
An iceberg is pictured in the western Antarctic peninsula in March. Scientists say that the region, in a surprise development, has been cooling in recent years. However, they caution that it is unlikely that it is an indicator of a major reversal of global warming. Photo: EITAN ABRAMOVICH, Staff / This content is subject to copyright.
Photo: EITAN ABRAMOVICH, Staff
An iceberg is pictured in the western Antarctic peninsula in March. Scientists say that the region, in a surprise development, has been cooling in recent years. However, they caution that it is unlikely that it is an indicator of a major reversal of global warming.
It has long been an icon of a changing planet: The Antarctic Peninsula, the closest part of the ice continent to civilization and the home to adorable penguins and sublime glaciers, has been warming sharply since the year 1951.

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