NASA Images Show Antarctica Getting Greener As Ice Melts

By Jess Thomson – Newsweek

As climate change slowly strips Antarctica of its glistening white ice, the frozen continent is getting more and more green.

New NASA imaged reveal how vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than ten times since 1986, only 38 years ago.

The maps show that the area of land on the Antarctic Peninsula covered by plants increased from 0.33 square miles to 4.61 square miles between 1986 and 2021, with a notable acceleration in greening after 2016.