At Argentina's Esperanza military base, pictured in March 2014, temperatures reached the highest on record AFPThe previous record stood at 17.5°C on March 24, 2015Global warming is to blame for Argentine Antarctica recording its hottest day since readings began, Greenpeace said on Friday. At Marambio, another Argentine base in Antarctica, temperatures reached 14.1°C on Thursday, the hottest temperature for a day in February since 1971. And the new decade has begun along the same tendency, with last month the hottest January on record. The effects of global warming have already seen ocean levels rise due to melting ice caps. One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is the Thwaites glacier, which is the size of Britain.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 08, 2020 04:39 UTC