Antarctica

A research station on an island in the Antarctic recorded a new record-high temperature for the region — less than a week after the temperature record was shattered on the Antarctic continent. It was 69 degrees Fahrenheit in the Antarctic on Sunday. Brazilian scientists venture out to the remote Seymour…

This story was originally published by Mother Jones and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration While you were drowning in this week’s impeachment, State of the Union, and election news, scientists were sounding yet another climate alarm: Antarctica just set a new record temperature. On Thursday, a…

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In a rattling new development, a research station in Antarctica registered the highest temperature ever recorded on the icy continent: 64.9 degrees Fahrenheit. Argentina’s Esperanza Base on the northern edge of Antarctica’s Trinity Peninsula marked the high (18.3 Celsius) on Thursday. The previous record was 63.5 degrees on March 24, 2015.…

Antarctica has just logged its hottest temperature on record after an Argentinian research station reported a record high of 65°F. A thermometer at Esperanza read 18.3°C, beating the previous record of 17.5°C (63.5°F). Argentina's meteorological agency reveal…

Speaking to journalists in Geneva, spokesperson Clare Nullis from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said that the record reading taken in the north of the continent, would be considered unusual, even during the current warmer summer months.  “The Argentine research base, which is called Esperanza, it’s on the northern tip…

Antarctica's warmest day: Scientists detect a record-high temperature of 18.3°C on the frozen continentReading from the Esperanza research base was recorded at midday on Thursday Beats beats the previous record of 17.5°C (63.5°F) in March 2015 by 0.8°C This Antarctic Peninsula region is among the fastest warming regions on earth Temperature is approximately the…

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