Record high temperature recorded in Antarctica
Even the coldest parts of the planet are affected by global warming.
Scientists have reported record high temperatures at the Vostok station in Central Antarctica.
-34.2°C was recorded here, according to the website of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI).
This figure was recorded on Tuesday, August 6.
This is the highest figure for the winter period in the entire history of observations, scientists note.
On Wednesday, August 7, the situation changed. At the Vostok station, according to researchers, it got colder to -48.8°C.
July-August are the coldest months in the central part of the continent. For example, in July the average temperature here is -66.6°C. And in August it drops to -67.6°C.
Global warming is affecting every corner of the planet. Where it was already hot, it is getting even hotter, and where it was very cold, it is getting warmer. Against this background, glaciers that formed tens of thousands of years ago are melting.
Microorganisms are released that have been trapped in the ice since the time when man lived in caves and hunted mammoths.
