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Antarctica May Have Just Set a Record for Its Hottest Day Ever
The continent appears to have hit 63.5 F for the first time thanks to global warming
You may want to consider balmy Antarctica for your next Spring Break. Weather bloggers at Weather Underground report that the continent likely hit a record-breaking high of 63.5 F (17.5 C) on Tuesday.
Antarctica has been heating up in recent years, thanks to global warming. The regions temperature has risen an average of about 5 F (2.8 C) in the last half century, according to the British Antarctic Survey. Studies have also documented melting ice along Antarcticas coasts.
http://time.com/3762354/antarctica-temperature-high/
daleanime
(17,796 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,534 posts)mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)just a few weeks ago. And Gore!
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)Merchants of Doubt. "A documentary that looks at pundits-for-hire who present themselves as scientific authorities as they speak about topics like toxic chemicals, pharmaceuticals and climate change." (IMDb)
WARNING: It will piss you off to see how propaganda is used to manipulate government and society. I saw it this weekend and I'm not over it yet.
appalachiablue
(41,105 posts)newfie11
(8,159 posts)OMG!
LuvNewcastle
(16,838 posts)and toss a snowball to show us that we have nothing to worry about.
F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)And our leaders (I don't care which side) don't do a thing to stop this. This is the biggest issue of our time, bar nothing. We need change, though it may already be (and probably is) too late.