(Climate Reanalyzer)Just days after the Earth saw its warmest January on record, Antarctica has broken its warmest temperature ever recorded. The Argentine research base is on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Antarctic Peninsula, on which Thursday’s anomaly was recorded, is one of the fastest-warming regions in the world. Extremely warm temperatures up to 60 degrees above normal in spots are anticipated this weekend over the Antarctic Peninsula. “That warming has been particularly fast on the Antarctic Peninsula — where Esperanza is — in summer (the season [they’re] now in)," Steig wrote.

Source: Washington Post February 07, 2020 15:38 UTC