WASHINGTON, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Temperatures at tiny valleys near the top of Antarctica's ice sheet could fall to nearly minus 100 degrees Celsius, beating all previous coldest records on Earth's surface, accor
just as organisms in the southern region braced themselves for the long, harsh winter ahead. The extreme weather raised temperatures in parts of Antarctica to more than 70°F above average, melting glaciers and snow even in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, one of the planet’s coldest and driest reg...
"Parts of western North America had their coldest November in nearly 40 years," NOAA said. As the year draws to a close, the report said several parts of the globe could see new record-high temperatures. "Europe and Asia each had their second-warmest January–November period on record afte...
Lunar temperature just before dawn 95.00 -178.15 -288.67 Coldest recorded Earth temp. 183.95 -89.20 -128.56 Carbon dioxide freezes (“dry ice”) 194.65 -78.50 -109.30 Dry ice + isopropyl alcohol bath 196.15 -77.00 -106.60 Flerovium melts (predicted) 200.00 -73.15 -99.67 Mercury freezes 234.32 ...
In the case of the Antarctic, the majority of stations show no warming, not even at the U.S.Amundsen-Scott Base at the South Pole, nor at the RussianVostok Basehigh on the Antarctic ice plateau(which holds the all-time record for the coldest temperature ever recorded on the surface of ...
It’s official: 2020 ranks as the second-hottest year on record for the planet, knocking 2019 down to third hottest, according to an analysis byNOAAscientists. The average land and ocean surface temperature across the globe in 2020 was 1.76 degrees F (0.98 degrees C) above average — ...
Antarctica—the coldest place on Earth—has experienced a terrifyingly mild day which has reportedly broken its hottest temperature record. A research station thermometer logged the temperature at 18.3C (64.94F) which smashes the previous record of 17.5C (63.5F,) set back in March 2015. The stat...
Figure 5. 60°N-60°S global ocean surface temperature by year since 1979. On average, the Earth’s oceans are warmest in February-March and coldest in October-November, with an intermediate maximum in August. This is an annual cycle caused by the tilt of the Earth’s axis, the arrangem...
When looking at temperature data it’s all about location, location, location. Steven Kopits In New Jersey, I’d like it warmer. Of course, unless you can curb your enthusiasm for fossil fuels much of New Jersey will be under water before your grandchildren leave this earth. Downtown ...
A Russian heat wave smashed an all-time record high in one Siberian town this weekend, possibly the hottest temperature on record so far north in the Arctic, continuing an off-the-charts warm year in what is typically one of coldest places on Earth. The high temperature in Verkhoyansk, a...