Record-Breaking Temperature of Nearly 65ºF Logged in Antarctica; Rapid Ice Melt
Julia Conley
Friday, February 07, 2020
The Antarctic peninsula was warmer than the United Kingdom when the the temperature was recorded Friday.
Climate scientists on Friday revealed the latest troubling new observation in Antarctica, illustrating the consequences of the rapid warming of the area brought on by the manmade climate crisis.
As The Guardian reported Friday, researchers stationed at the Esperanza research station at the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula found that temperatures reached 64.9º Fahrenheit (18.3º Celsius)—the highest temperature logged since scientists began recording the continent's temperature in 1961.
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