A study by scientists from Exeter, Hertfordshire, and the British Antarctic Survey analyzed Antarctic vegetation growth over four decades. Published in Nature Geoscience, the research found significant increases in moss cover.

Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life as the region is gripped by extreme heat events, new research shows, sparking concerns about the changing landscape on this vast continent.

Satellite imagery shows that vegetation on the peninsula grew from less than one square kilometres in 1986 to almost 12sqkm by 2021

The sensitivity of the Antarctic Peninsula’s vegetation to climate change is now clear and we could see fundamental changes to the biology and landscape of this iconic and vulnerable region.'

Satellite images show the area covered by vegetation has grown dramatically and is now 10 times larger than it was four decades ago and the rate of change is speeding up.

A recent study reveals a dramatic increase in vegetation cover across Antarctica, especially the Antarctic Peninsula, which has expanded over tenfold from 1986 to 2021. Researchers from the University of Exeter and other institutions emphasize the need for urgent research to identify climate change's driving factors and the risks posed by invasive species.

Antarctica is turning green "dramatically", with the trend accelerated by more than 30 percent in recent years, compared to the past three decades, a new study has found. Antarctica has been shown to be warming faster than the global average.