Antarctica Temperature Drop To Minus 86 Degrees

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According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, June 2024 was the warmest June on record, with an average global temperature of 62°F (16.66°C), which is 1.2°F (0.67°C) above the 30-year average.

It is minus 86 degrees F at Vostok Station today. In the meantime, it is 122 degrees F in Kuwait.

Nearby Concordia Station is a research facility that opened in 2005. It is a joint venture between Italy and France. One reason for the cold is that it sits 10,000 feet above sea level. Concordia Station is one of three permanent, all-year research stations on the Antarctic Plateau. The list includes Vostok Station, built by the Russians, and the US-built and operated Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.

It Can’t Get Much Colder

Because the air in Antarctica’s coldest and highest areas is the most transparent in the world, the station is used for astronomical observations and ice drilling to determine the history of temperatures in the area. About 70 people inhabit the station in the summer, and that drops to 20 in the winter. People are suffering in the world’s hottest places.

According to one piece of research, the Antarctic has been warming in the last 70 years. Theodore Scambos, an Antarctic researcher at the University of Colorado, told USA TODAY, “It is not warming everywhere, and the patterns change over the decades – more so than other continents or the global ocean surface. But it is warming, and there are significant impacts from the warming near the coast.” “Everywhere” is the critical word in Scambos’ comment. There is no substantial evidence that places above 10,000 feet on the Antarctic Plateau are warming quickly. But no one lives there, so does it matter?