According to the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), record heat was recorded in
Checking this maximum temperature is important because it helps build a picture of the weather and climate at one of Earth's last frontiers.
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of WMO
Antarctic Peninsula is one of the regionsthe fastest warming planets. Over the past 50 years, temperatures have risen by almost 3 ° C. The new temperature record is in line with the climate change we are observing, the UN said.
Previously, WMO did not recognize even higher valuestemperatures - 20.75 °C - reported on February 9, 2020 at a Brazilian automated permafrost monitoring station on nearby Seymour Island. It is located near a peninsula that extends north towards South America.
The previous confirmed record for the Antarctic continent - the mainland and its surrounding islands - was 17.5 ° C, recorded at Esperanza on March 24, 2015.
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