The findings, published Friday in Nature Geoscience, based on a meticulous analysis of Landsat images from 1986 to 2021, show that the greening trend is distinct from natural variability and that it has accelerated by 30 percent since 2016, fast enough to cover nearly 75 football fields per year.

Antarctica is greening faster than scientists predicted. Researchers' analyses of satellite images show that the green areas in Antarctica are ten times larger than 40 years ago. The expansion of green areas in Antarctica is currently ten times larger than 40 years ago,

The Antarctic is rapidly greening due to climate change global warming, according to a new study Friday from the British Antarctic Survey and the universities of Exeter and Hertfordshire.

Greening of Antarctica alters local ecosystems and signals broader climate change effects worldwide. Researchers warn of ecological shifts.

A study found that the area of the peninsula swathed in plants grew from less than 1 sq km in 1986 to nearly 12 sq km in 2021. The rate of expansion was roughly 33 percent higher between 2016 and 2021 compared with the four-decade study period as a whole.

The Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing rapid plant growth, with vegetation increasing over tenfold in recent decades due to accelerating climate change. This greening, primarily mosses, highlights the profound impact of global warming on one of the planet’s most fragile ecosystems.

But since then, the Antarctic Peninsula has warmed rapidly, and a new study shows that mosses, along with some lichen, liverworts and associated algae, have colonized more than 4.6 square miles, an area nearly four times the size of New York’s Central Park.

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Researchers used satellite data to assess how much the Antarctic Peninsula has been “greening” in response to climate change.

Regions of Antarctica are being rapidly “greened” by growing vegetation as our planet warms, suggests a new study. In the last 40 years, the area of the northern Antarctic Peninsula covered by greenery – mostly mosses – has increased by more than 1000%.