Heatwaves hitting Antarctica too now

University of Colorado Boulder

The world saw another year full of extreme weather events resulting from climate change in 2022, from intense storms to soaring temperatures and rising sea levels. Antarctica was no exception, according to new research published this week.

In the 33rd annual State of the Climate report, an international assessment of the global climate published Wednesday in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, CU Boulder researchers report that the planet's coldest and driest continent experienced both an unprecedented heatwave and extreme precipitation last year.

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