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Climate change in Antarctica, a Common card
Despite its isolation, Antarctica has experienced warming and ice loss in recent decades, driven by greenhouse gas emissions.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 186
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 186 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Climate change in Antarctica quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Climate change in Antarctica card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______, stabler East Antarctica did not show any warming until the 2000s.
Answer
colder. The colder, stabler East Antarctica did not show any warming until the 2000s. From the Climate change in Antarctica article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
2024 Spanish floods. 2024 Spanish floods 83,000 · Bateleur 47,000 · Effects of climate change on agriculture 30,000 · Climate change in Antarctica 14,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- West Antarctica warmed by over 0.1 °C per decade from the 1950s to the 2000s, and the exposed Antarctic Peninsula has warmed by 3 °C since the mid-20th century.
- The colder, stabler East Antarctica did not show any warming until the 2000s.
- Around Antarctica, the Southern Ocean has absorbed more oceanic heat than any other ocean, and has seen strong warming at depths below 2,000 m.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Climate change in Antarctica article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Climate change in Antarctica (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Robert Simmon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
