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Ahead of the COP28 conference in Dubai, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that while the frozen but rapidly melting Antarctica has been called a sleeping giant, the continent is now waking up to the adverse effects of climate change. The UN chief is on a three-day official visit to Antarctica, which regulates the planet's climate because its ice and cold waters drive large ocean currents. Chilean President Gabriel Boric joined him on an official visit to Chile's Eduardo Frei Air Force Base on King George Island. He was also supposed to visit the Collins and Nelson glaciers on the ship.
"Fossil fuel pollution is warming our planet and unleashing climate anarchy in Antarctica," Guterres said, adding that the Southern Ocean absorbed most of the heat from global warming. "This means that the ice is melting in the ocean at a record speed. Melting ice means sea levels are rising at a record pace," he explained.
