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Antarctic island hits record temperature of 20.75C
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51500692Antarctic island hits record temperature of 20.75C
14 February 2020
The temperature was logged on Seymour Island, off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica has exceeded 20C for the first time, after researchers logged a temperature of 20.75C on an island off the coast of the continent.
Brazilian scientist Carlos Schaefer told AFP they had "never seen a temperature this high in Antarctica".
But he warned the temperature, logged on 9 February, was just one reading and not part of a long-term data set.
The continent also hit a record last week, with a temperature reading of 18.3C on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Very disturbing and very worrisome. 
