A research base in Antarctica has recorded its hottest day on record on the continent, logging a temperature of 18.3 degrees Celsius.
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| Greenpeace's Freda Bengtsson says the record is significant, but the real worry is the ling term warming trend behind it. |
The reading, recorded by Argentina's national weather service at its Esperanza base, on the north-west Antarctic Peninsula near South America, topped the former record of 17.5 degrees tallied in March 2015.
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) spokeswoman Clare Nullis said the temperature "is not a figure you would normally associate with Antarctica even in the summertime".
Read the ABC News story - “Antarctic region sees record high temperature of 18.3C amid rising concern over melting ice sheets.”
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