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Antarctica

Antarctica

Climate

CO2 emissions

0.00 Mt CO2/year · 2024
-100% since 1994214th highest of 215 · 2024
00.010.010.021990200020102020high 1991low 2008

Carbon dioxide released each year from burning fossil fuels and industry. The main driver of global warming. Global Carbon Budget via Our World in Data

Ice & Oceans

Ice sheet mass change

-2,539 Gt vs 2002 · 2020
-2533 Gt since 2002
-2k-1k02005201020152020

How much ice Greenland and Antarctica have lost since 2002, measured from space by tracking tiny changes in Earth's gravity. NASA GRACE via Our World in Data

What can one person do?

  • Fly less
    One long-haul return flight can outweigh a year of other savings. Swap one flight for a train trip or a call.
  • Eat more plants
    Shifting towards a plant-rich diet is one of the largest steady cuts a person can make, and it starts with single meals.
  • Travel without a car where you can
    Walking, cycling and public transport beat an electric car; an electric car beats petrol.
  • Use your voice
    Personal footprints matter, but system change matters more. Vote, ask your employer and bank what they are doing, and talk about it.

Based on the highest-impact personal actions identified by Wynes & Nicholas (2017) and the IPCC's AR6 report on demand-side mitigation.