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    “Researchers recently discovered that the most intense heat wave ever recorded happened last March.

    And it was in the coldest region on Earth.

    Eastern Antarctica saw a spike of about 70 degrees Fahrenheit above average that month, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Geophysical Research Letters. The region was at 5 degrees Fahrenheit at the peak of the heat wave when it should’ve been near -65.2 degrees Fahrenheit, the study says.”

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    • @Beryl
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      1 year ago

      That’s -20°C at the peak of the heat wave when it should have been -55°C, for my metric brethren.