Arctic And Antarctica Both Experience Freakish Extreme Heat Simultaneously

The poles of Earth are experiencing freakish extreme heat. Parts of Antarctica are more than 70 degrees (40 Celsius) warmer than the average, and Arctic areas are more than 50 degrees (30 Celsius) warmer.

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As the region approaches autumn, Antarctica’s weather stations broke records on Friday. According to Maximiliano Herrera’s tweet, Concordia station, which was two miles high, was at 10 degrees (-12.2 Celsius), which is approximately 70 degrees warmer than the average. Vostok station, which is even higher, was at a shade above zero degrees (-17.7 Celsius), breaking its all-time record of 27 degrees (15 Celsius).