2020 records the highest average temperature in Antarctica
The Antarctic Peninsula is located in the northernmost part of Antarctica.
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A study conducted by the University of Santiago in Chile concluded yesterday that the year 2020 recorded the highest average temperature in the Antarctic Peninsula in three decades.
Between January and August, temperatures reached between two and three degrees Celsius on the peninsula, in the northernmost part of the Antarctic mainland, according to researchers at the Frye base of the Chilean air force on King George Island.
Climate scientist Raul Cordero said in a statement issued by the Chilean Antarctic Institute that these temperatures are "two degrees Celsius higher than usual levels."
“In the northernmost tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, average maximum temperatures so far this year have surpassed zero degrees Celsius,” he added.
This is an unprecedented situation for 31 years. ”
He described the situation as "worrying", as the rapid rise in ocean temperature that the region witnessed at the end of the twentieth century seems to be recurring now.
However, the high winter temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere contrast with those recorded between August and September, which reached 16.8 ° C below zero, the lowest since 1970.
The Antarctic Peninsula is located in the far north of Antarctica, where there are scientific and military bases from several countries, including Argentina, Chile and Britain.
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