The Antarctic Peninsula is not only getting warmer, it's getting dramatically greener with a sharp increase in plant growth over the last 50 years.
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Key pointsThe Antarctic Peninsula is one of the most rapidly warming places on EarthUK scientists studied moss cores from sites along the Antarctic PeninsulaThey found a sharp increase in plant growth and microbial activity since the 1950sFindings indicate major changes in the biology and landscape will occur with future warming
A study of moss cores sampled from along the eastern side of the peninsula has provided a unique record of how temperature increases over the last 150 years have affected plant growth.
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