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Sad record in Antarctica: "Warm enough for a T-shirt"

2020-02-08T11:01:17.169Z


One record chases the other: The warmest day since records began was measured in Antarctica. It's warm enough for a t-shirt.


One record chases the other: The warmest day since records began was measured in Antarctica. It's warm enough for a t-shirt.

  • New record temperature in the Antarctic
  • Measuring station of Argentina measures 18.3 degrees Celcius
  • The region warms up much more than the global average

Buenos Aires - Antarctica has a new sad record: 18.3 degrees Celcius were measured at an Argentine research station, the highest value since records began in 1961, according to the Argentine weather service on Twitter. This beats the previous record temperature by almost one degree - measured in 2015. The new record was measured at Esperanza station, at the northern tip of Antarctica.

# Antártida | Nuevo record of temperature ️

Este mediodía la Base #Esperanza registró un nuevo récord histórico (desde 1961) de Temperatura, at 18.3 ° C. Con este valor se supera el récord anterior de 17,5 ° C del 24 en marzo de 2015. Y no fue el único récord ... pic.twitter.com/rhKsPFytCb

- SMN Argentina (@SMN_Argentina) February 6, 2020

A record was also set at the Argentine research station: at 14.1 degrees Celcius, the warmest temperature there was measured in February since 1971. The peninsula on which the Argentine measuring stations are located is one of the fastest heating regions in the world. In the past 50 years, the temperature there has warmed by a good 3 degrees Celsius, like that

UN World Organization for Meteorology

reported.

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At the northern tip of Antarctica, a new record temperature was measured: 18.3 degrees Celsius.

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Climate in the Antarctic: Warming in the region faster than global

Climate expert James Renwick told the Guardian that the new record and the above-average rise in temperatures was due to man-made climate change and natural fluctuations. Strong northwest winds would have additionally heated the region.

Renwick continues: “The values ​​are impressive because it was only five years ago that the last record was set and the current one is almost one degree higher than the last one. It is a sign that the region is heating up faster than the global average. ”Climate researcher Renwick believes that the next record will not be long in coming.

“In the last month, we've seen penguin colonies sharply declining under the impacts of climate change in this supposedly pristine environment.” - @ Frida_GPhttps: //t.co/CdtbUTlmEL

- Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) February 7, 2020

“In the last month, we've seen penguin colonies sharply declining under the impacts of climate change in this supposedly pristine environment.” - @ Frida_GPhttps: //t.co/CdtbUTlmEL

- Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) February 7, 2020

Climate in the Antarctic: Warming leads to the collapse of the ice shelf

The climate researcher Nerilie Abram, who researches the region at the Australian National University, warned in the Guardian of rising sea levels: "The region heats up very quickly", it is sometimes warm enough for a T-shirt, she adds. The high temperatures would also have a more dramatic effect on the ice melt in the Antarctic. “Even small increases in temperature can lead to a large increase in energy that is available to melt the ice. The result is the collapse of the ice shelf on the peninsula. ”

By Lukas Reus with material from The Guardian

Climate researchers are spellbound on Antarctica. * The development there determines how strongly climate change will affect the entire earth. Now there are new figures on ice loss in the region.

* fr.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

Source: merkur

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