Heatwaves are becoming more common and—as more ice melts during the summer and less forms in the winter—Arctic sea ice is in rapid retreat. This matters for regions south of the Arctic circle as well
research station is one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. At 3,000m above sea level on the Antarctic Plateau, the temperature rarely rises above -25°C even in the summer. In midwinter it can fall to around -80°C. The air is painfully dry, and fingers, toes and noses can freeze in minutes. The dozen or so crew, mainly French and Italian, who live and work in the station would normally venture out only for essential work.
Meteorologists have attributed the latest heatwave to an atmospheric “river” of warm, damp air blowing towards Antarctica from the Southern Ocean near Australia. It is difficult to know whether climate change is to blame for one-off. But over the past 65 years or so there has been an increase in the number of “high temperature” days at Antarctic stations.
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