The Antarctic beats temperature records, near -100 degrees

In Antarctica its small valleys located near the summit, have recently reached neither more nor less than the lowest temperatures on Earth . To give you an idea it turned out that were observed temperatures of almost -100 degrees Celsius

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Until then there was no sign of such a low temperature since July 1983! when s and recorded minus 89 degrees Celsius at the Vostol station in Russia. The recent badysis has focused on the study of satellite data during the winter of the southern hemisphere between 2004 and 2016.

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For this they obtained data from the instrument Modis thanks to satellites ] Terra and NASA's water, in addition to the polar operational environmental satellites of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

At that time, the colder sites could be observed at less than 98 degrees centigrade during the night of the South Pole, most often throughout the month of July and August. 19659010]

With regard to the atmosphere of said region, it is possible that there is less than 0.2 mm of water precipitable in area. Being cold and dry, the air traps some of the heat and returns it to the surface.

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In this study the scientists also detected too low temperatures in the small spaces of the Antarctic ice sheet .