8 авг. 2024 г. · Antarctica has been experiencing a significant heat wave for several weeks now, while the Southern Hemisphere is in the midst of the winter season.

Antarctic Winters are long and very cold with long dark nights that may last for weeks. The dark doesn't last as long as the summer light as there is twilight.

2 мая 2024 г. · A record low SIA anomaly in austral winter 2023, when SIA was over 2 million km^2 below climatology, resulting from negative sea ice concentration (SIC) ...

The average temperature across Antarctica during winter is -34.4°C. Even in summer, Antarctica is still really cold, with temperatures rarely above freezing ...

20 нояб. 2024 г. · The largest recorded negative Antarctic SIA anomaly in the satellite era occurred in austral winter 2023. The record sea ice conditions resulted ...

22 июл. 2024 г. · There was a significantly increasing trend in Antarctic sea-ice extent in austral winter (JAS) from 1979 to 2014 (18 527 km2 yr-1; p < 0.01) and ...

We discuss the mechanisms that controlled Earth's climate over different timescales and review the latest evidence that is revealing how the Antarctic Ice Sheet ...

For a good chunk of the year—the roughly six months of the austral winter—Antarctica is utterly frigid, storm-wracked, and dark.

5 авг. 2024 г. · Something extraordinary is happening above Antarctica, and it might bring unusual weather to the southern hemisphere for months to come.