𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭´𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐮𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥❗ For three days, temperatures in east Antarctica were 40C above normal levels. For this place to see this level of warming in east Antarctica, it has scientists around the world on notice, says climate scientist Tim Naish. Normally at this time of year, the temperature gauge reads -50C. Instead, it's been close to -10C. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝. It's very surprising. I mean, that's a huge warming, it's a very big increase. Seventy percent of the world's fresh water is frozen in Antarctica's ice. "There's 60 metres worth of sea level rise locked up in that ice sheet," Naish says. This week's records aren't enough to thaw it, but they could signal a worrying trend. "These sorts of events are the things we're looking out for because they could be the canary in the coal mine for more sustained warming," Naish says. Kyle Clem is an expert on Antarctica's climate. "If you were to see these events in other parts of Antarctica, the consequences would be much greater," he says. And he says it's clear what's to blame. It is 100 percent likely it's a result of climate change, because everything that's happening in today's world is happening in a changed climate. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭`𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. "The message is we should be weaning ourselves off fossil fuels. Now there's a price incentive to do that as well," Naish says. And the solution could start at the pump. A fifth of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions come from transport - most of it happening on our roads. And with petrol prices close to record levels, there's never been a better time to bring fuel use down. Pain at the pump often feels helpless. I'm not keen to pay that much for petrol anymore, but what can you do? #PeopleNotProfit #StandUp4HumanRights #ClimateChange #Widerstand #StopWarNow #ClimateJustice