Record winter heat in Antarctica is worrying scientists
www.euronews.com
The new heat record comes amid a prolonged heatwave that has seen maximum daily temperatures above zero degrees for three consecutive weeks.

A brief excerpt from the article:

Temperatures in the Antarctic reached a high of 15.4C on 6 June, UK newspaper The Guardian reports. The data was logged by the Argentinian Esperanza base on the Trinity peninsula.

That’s about 59.7F at that base for those that need the conversion, the previous record was 2C [35.6F] 13.4C [56.1F] at that station.

EDITs 1 & 2: I misread so typed the wrong thing, I have fixed it now.

  • sys110x@aussie.zone
    21·
    2 days ago

    The peak temperature broke the previous record set at the same station in 1998 by 2C.

    The previous record wasn’t 2C; it was 13.4C and that was beaten by 2C.

    “It is also about 20C above normal for this time of the year. That is a huge anomaly,” he added.

    Researchers stationed on King George Island, 160km from Esperanza, reported large areas of the landscape where bare ground was visible after the mercury rose to 4.6C on 6 June.

    Even at the top of the 500-metre summit of the nearby Collins glacier, Muñoz witnesses rain melting the ice.

    “There was a direct impact on the glacier, which should be receiving snow now. It should not be suffering ablation at this time of the year. This is obviously not good for the glacier,” he said.

    March to October is winter in Antarctica… “this time of year” is the middle of winter. We’re cooked.