How Is Climate Change Affecting Antarctica

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Climate change has advanced very rapidly over the years, affecting everything that surrounds us. The drastic change in climate is now affecting Antarctica, whereas the ice is melting causing the water to expand higher. As water expands, flooding will start causing millions of dollars in damage. I learned that people are trying to get out of rebuilding destroyed homes or properties across the shorelines because of the amount of money being spent knowing that the damage could be done again in the future. Also climate change has made a big issues on global warming causing the oceans to be warmer than they are supposed to. As oceans rise in temperature, hurricanes will pick up and last much longer then it is supposed to. Also, now that we have

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