You have been listening to Trumps brain farts for the last 6 months, because the mainstream media have allowed him to suck the oxygen out of the news cycle. Now, here is the news Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are experiencing “abrupt changes” due to human-caused climate change, according to research published in Nature last month. The research review, led by Professor Nerilie Abram from the Australian National University (now Australian Antarctic Division Chief Scientist), shows that multiple rapid changes across the Antarctic environment are already underway, or imminent. These abrupt changes include a rapid decline in sea-ice coverage, weakening of ice sheet and ice shelf stability, and population declines in some marine and terrestrial species, due to habitat loss. “Human-caused climate warming can result in abrupt and unanticipated impacts on the environment that have far-reaching consequences, and can be difficult or impossible to reverse,” Professor Abram said. “It is worrying that the abrupt changes emerging in Antarctica have many interconnections, so that a change in one part of the system can trigger further impacts on Antarctica’s ice, ocean and ecosystems. "Antarctic changes also have global consequences, including accelerating sea-level rise along our coasts, and amplifying human-caused climate warming." This idea is that the mainstream media should start bringing the people of the world the most important news, not just the most sensational.