Tag: Antartica
The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet
Ice floe drifting in Svalbard, Norway. Sven-Erik Arndt/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images by Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Steve Petsch, University of Massachusetts Amherst Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean…
Temperature in Antarctica soars past 69°F as NOAA reports last month was world’s hottest January on record
While the reading in Antarctica still needs to be confirmed, the Brazilian scientists who logged it called the new record “incredible and abnormal.” by Jessica Corbett, staff writer As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on…
