Is humanity mad? The evidence that we are damaging our own home keeps getting bigger. Yet we carry on like nothing is wrong.
‘Mind-boggling’ leap of 38.5C in Antarctic
At risk: Thousands of penguin chicks drowned last year when ice broke up before they could fully fledge. Glossary
Antarctica - The most southerly continent, surrounding the South Pole. Its area is estimated at 5.5 million square miles, most of it covered in ice.
Heatwave - A period of abnormally hot weather.
Continent - A continent is a large solid area of land. Earth has seven continents. In order from largest to smallest, they are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
Philosophers - People who ask big questions about the meaning of life and how we should live.
Friedrich Nietzsche - A German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture (1844 – 1900), who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers.