Antarctica registers hottest temperature ever at nearly 65 degrees Fahrenheit
A frozen section of the Ross Sea at the Scott Base in Antarctica on November 12, 2016.
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Antarctica just broke its hottest temperature ever recorded at 64.9 degrees Fahrenheit as climate change continues to accelerate, according to measurements from an Argentinian research station thermometer.
The reading was taken at the Esperanza Base along Antarctica’s…