The cold has a new record on Earth: Antarctica has reached 100 ° below zero

BOULDER (DPA) .- The most severe winter has come


Antarctica
and left the coldest temperature detected on Earth: -98.6 degrees Celsius

The figure was confirmed by a team of researchers led by Ted Scambos of the University of Colorado at Boulder, according to the magazine. Geophysical Research Letters. "

Scientists have reached this conclusion after badyzing the measurements taken with satellite data in Antarctica, and between 2004 and 2016, scientists recorded more than 150 measurements that exceeded -90 degrees in the region, according to the report. 39, study published in the magazine.

For a long time, the lowest known temperature was -89.2 degrees which was recorded on July 23, 1983 in the Russian base of Vostok