Graph of the Day: Daily high surface temperature at Dome C in Antarctica, 18 March 2022
By Dr. Robert Rohde
21 March 2022
(Twitter) – Heat wave in Antarctica, +38 °C (+68 °F) above normal.
That’s not an error, or a typo.
The remote research station at Dome C recorded a temperature nearly 40°C above normal for this time of year, beating the previous March record by a startling 20°C. […]
This event is rewriting record books and our expectations about what is possible in Antarctica.
Is this simply a freakishly improbable event, or is it a sign of more to come? Right now, no one knows. […]
Using my standard tools, I make it a 7-sigma event. Really though, that is so unlikely, that it is more natural to assume that this event is simply not from the same distribution as past events. [Which is the definition of “climate change”. –Des] [more]
