[This is terrible news, am I right?]: Antarctica going green due to climate change - Telegraph

There are no trees on the frozen continent and only two species of flowering plant Antarctic hairgrass and Antarctic pearlwort, that grow on the western peninsula and surrounding islands.

A team of UK and Australian scientists has found that the hairgrass has spread over the last 50 years due to global warming.

Dr Paul Hill, of Bangor University scientist, said areas of Antarctica are becoming greener.

Thickness of the Antarctic Ice Cap

[2000]: "The ice cap has an average thickness of about 7,000 feet (2,100 m).