Antonio Guterres: Antarctica "wakens" because of climatic chaos

The secretary general of United Nations Antonio Guterres declared that Antarctica started "wakening" because of thawing of ices against climatic changes, reports information agency "ITAR-TASS". "I just returned from Antarctica – the sleeping giant. The sleeping giant wakens because of climatic chaos", – Antonio Guterres told, addressing journalists. He specified that in September the ice area on the continent was on 1,5 million square kilometers less, than happens on the average at this time. The secretary general emphasized that it is approximately equal to the sum of the areas Portugal, Spain, France and Germany. Such active thawing of ices represents...