The following events occurred in Antarctica in 2022.
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Events
editOngoing: COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica
- 5 January - A Belgian scientific research station that was hit with a COVID-19 outbreak last month have since fully recovered.[1]
- 6 September - Scientists operating robotic submarines announce that the Thwaites Glacier may separate sooner than expected, with sea levels expected to rise by several meters.[2]
- 17 October – A cyclone in the Bellingshausen Sea becomes the most intense extratropical cyclone on record, with the minimum pressure of the cyclone being estimated at around 900 mbar (27 inHg).[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Coronavirus pandemic: Antarctic outpost hit by Covid-19 outbreak". BBC News. 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ "Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier "hanging on by its fingernails"". New Atlas. 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ Hewson, Tim; Day, Jonathan; Hersbach, Hans (January 2023). "The deepest extratropical cyclone of modern times?". Newsletter. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Lin, Peiyi; Zhong, Rui; Yang, Qinghua; Clem, Kyle R.; Chen, Dake (28 July 2023). "A Record‐Breaking Cyclone Over the Southern Ocean in 2022". Geophysical Research Letters. 50 (14). Bibcode:2023GeoRL..5004012L. doi:10.1029/2023GL104012.