The troubling situation in Antarctica keeps getting worse. There are clear signs that the area’s temperature is getting warmer, as scientists released a new analysis focused on the continent’s changes. The results were presented in the journal Science.

According to the scientists who checked the data from satellites and weather stations, over the past 50 years, the warming process registered reached about 0.6 C.

One of the biggest worries at this point is the massive ice shelf that is soon expected to  break away from the continent. The Wilkins Ice Shelf has been described to be "hanging by a thread" from the Antarctic Peninsula and there is no way of addressing the matter.

"We have at least 25 years of data from satellites, and satellites have the huge advantage that they can see the whole continent," explained Eric Steig from the University of Washington in Seattle, as quoted by BBC News. He added that the advantage of the land stations is that they have a much greater history, with valuable information, which is why they decided to combine the two and look at the registered results, putting together a scenario with the changes over the past 50 years. The information was carefully analysed in order to better understand the situation and search for a way to deal with it.

The study does not provide a clear answer on the causes that led to the warming, and even though the scientists are almost certain that the greenhouse gas increases contributed to the process, they will have to continue to monitor and investigate.