Meteorites recovered from Antarctica provide a bounty of materials from asteroids and planets and revolutionized the field of meteoritics. Warming temperatures in Antarctica may lead to the loss of a significant fraction of meteorites exposed at the surface and thus threaten the impact Antarctic meteorites have on planetary science.
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Righter, K. Meteorite recovery at risk. Nat. Clim. Chang. 14, 310–311 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01944-0
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