Dr Gilbz on historic low Antarctica Sea ice

Winter sea ice in the Antarctic is at a historic low. Imagine an
area equivalent to the tenth largest country in the world; that is
precisely what’s missing.We revisit Dr Ella Gilbert aka Dr Gilbz to
try to comprehend how much ice is missing and just why it’s still
making headlines. Dr Ella discuses the unimaginable impact of this
extraordinary loss of sea ice, not only in Antarctica, but around
the world. As Dr Gilbz always says: what happens in Antarctica
doesn’t just stay in Antarctica. It is the world’s refrigerator.
While we know of extreme examples of climate around the world it
was still so incredible to hear that Ella’s recent research shows
that in extreme precipitation events some rainfall is being
reported in parts of Antarctica and the need for rainfall sensors.
One of Dr Ella’s talents is breaking down climate science into easy
to digest fragments and we were very grateful to her for making it
so accessible to us.This is the second time Dr Ella has chatted to
us on the podcast – you should definitely go and check out her
previous episode. Dr Ella Gilbert is a climate scientist and
presenter with a PhD in Antarctic climate change and was recently
awarded the Royal Meteorological Society’s Emerging Communicator
Award for her significant contributions to communicating climate
science to broad audiences.If you want to learn more about Ella’s
work then you can head to her website
https://www.ellagilbert.co.uk/ You can also find Ella on social
media at the handle @Dr_Gilbz and you should definitely check out
Ella’s YouTube channel where she posts lots of great explainer
videos. If you would like to follow our podcast on Twitter we are
@4loveofweather on Instagram @fortheloveofweather. Thanks so much
for listening and supporting the podcast and we hope you leave this
episode loving the weather just a little bit more.