The most intense heat wave ever recorded on Earth happened in Antarctica last year, scientists say

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The most intense heat wave ever recorded on Earth happened in Antarctica last year, scientists say
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The scariest part to me about the Antarctica heating - and heat spikes throughout the southern hemisphere - is: it was fucking winter down there. That's when the sheets are supposed to grow. I think the northern hemisphere saw the prelude, a horrible preview of what we're going to see all over the southern hemisphere in the next six months, and it's going to be terrifying. And then it will be our turn again.

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