In people's minds, Antarctica may appear as a bleak white landscape but scientists claim the continent is turning green because of a warming in the climate.

A team of British researchers have tested three separate sites and concluded that the quantity of moss and the pace the plant is growing at has increased rapidly in the last 50 years.

"Temperature increases over roughly the past half century on the Antarctic Peninsula have had a dramatic effect on moss banks growing in the region," said Matt Amesbury, a research fellow at the University of Exeter.

"If this continues, and with increasing amounts of ice-free land from continued glacier retreat, the Antarctic Peninsula will be a much greener place in the future," he said in a university press release on Thursday.

The scientists analyzedA 17-year-old man is dead after a crash on Northwest Arm Drive in Halifax near Highway 102, say Halifax Regional Police.

The accident happened at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Friday. The car was getting off the highway and heading toward Fairview when it was involved in a collision with a pickup truck travelling southbound on Dunbrack Street.

The 17-year-old driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene, said Const. Pierre Bourdages. His name has not been released.

The driver of the pickup truck was not injured.

It was raining heavily at the time of the accident.

Northwest Arm Drive is closed to all traffic between Walter Havill Drive and Highway 102 toward Fairview​ as police investigate. Southbound traffic on Dunbrack Street is being redirected to Highway 102 inbound via Exit 1K.

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