Antarctica Just Recorded Its Highest Temperature Ever

On Thursday, the United Nations recognized a new record high temperature for Antarctica of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit).The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that the record heat was reached at Argentina's Esperanza research station on the Antarctic Peninsula on February 6, 2020. "Verification of this maximum temperature record is important because it helps us to build a picture of the weather and climate in one of Earth's final frontiers," said W...