Late last week, temperatures broke all records in both Antarctica and the Arctic, with temperatures up to 40°C above the seasonal average not far from the South Pole. According to experts, these high-levels could be linked to the variations of 'atmospheric rivers', as the role of climate change still has to be measured.
The world’s two polar regions simultaneously experienced unprecedented heat waves on Friday, March 18: temperatures up to 40°C above seasonal norms in Antarctica, and between 20°C and 30°C above normal in some places in the Arctic.
