So when it blooms all warm and lovely, we can try the concept of freedom THERE.
RE: The latest research was carried out on the Antarctic peninsula, which juts northwards towards Cape Horn.
Easy to miss this little item here. I'd be very interested in knowing the exact precipitation figures and *geological* factors in the study area. It's not as if this area (at a lower latitude than the Antarctic Circle) was part of the polar ice cap and grass started growing there. The climate in the area in question has more to do with Patagonia than it does with Polar Antarctica.
Anybody want to buy some Antarctic swampland?
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I'd like to see a companion study on undersea volcanic activity for the same period; sea-surface temperatures have far more effect on surrounding air temperatures than air temperatures have on sea-surface temperatures which is why it never freezes over along California's coast and fog is a coastal phenomenon for much of the year.
"Tufts have previously grown on patches of Antarctica in summer, but the scientists have now observed bigger areas surviving winter and spreading in the summer months."
Huh. Some tough f-ing grass, considering it doesn't even require sunlight. ;') Obviously, unless someone is spreading seed each summer, the grass has been there, and has been surviving, for a good long time. This grass needs to be studied, or if a recent introduction, how it got there. Thanks for the ping.