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Eastern Antarctica recorded exceptionally high temperatures this week, more than 30 degrees Celsius above normal, experts say.
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The Concordia research base in Dome C of Antarctica, which is at an altitude of 3,000 meters (9,800 feet), recorded on March 18 a record -11.5 degrees Celsius (11.3 degrees Fahrenheit), said Etienne Kapikian , a meteorologist from France-Meteo tweeted.
Normally temperatures drop by the end of the southern summer, but Dumont’s Urville train station in Antarctica recorded record temperatures for March with 4.9C (40.82F), at a time of year when normal temperatures are already below zero .
Gaetan Heymes of France Meteo described the unusually mild weather as a “historic event”.
And geoscientist Jonathan Wille wrote on Twitter: “And there it is, Concordia has broken its all-time record temperature by 1.5 ° C.
“This is when temperatures should drop rapidly since the summer solstice in December.
“This is a Pacific Northwest 2021 heatwave type event,” he added. “It should never happen.”
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The unique temperatures come after the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the US said that the Antarctic Sea ice fell below two million square kilometers (772,204 sq miles) in late February for the first time since 1979.
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