Rapid loss of Antarctic ice may be climate tipping point, scientists say


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  • Wednesday, 20 Aug 2025

FILE PHOTO: The world's largest iceberg, named A23a, is seen in Antarctica, January 14, 2024, in this picture obtained from social media. Rob Suisted - http://naturespic.com/via REUTERS /File Photo

CANBERRA (Reuters) -Rapid loss of Antarctic sea ice could be a tipping point for the global climate, causing sea level rises, changes to ocean currents and loss of marine life that are impossible to reverse, a scientific study published on Thursday said.

The paper in the journal Nature aimed to describe in previously unseen detail the interlocking effects of global warming on the Antarctic, the frozen continent at the planet's South Pole.

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