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Another summer in the southern hemisphere with bad news for Antarctica

NASA shows the Getz Ice Shelf

Schmelze, Vogelgrippe und ein unberechenbarer Gletscher: schlechte Nachrichten für die Antarktis. Source: AAP, AP / AAP Image/Jeremy Harbeck/NASA via AP

The sea ice has once again fallen to a record low - for the third time in three years. The bird flu has arrived in Antarctica and the so-called "Doomsday" glacier, the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, is more endangered than ever, according to researchers. If it slides into the sea, this will have consequences for the entire world. SBS correspondet Barbara Barkhausen know what exactly awaits us and what new findings there are on the doomsday glacier.



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