(February 23 02:51) Mashable.com
On Feb. 6, the ongoing impacts of climate change delivered a record-setting 65-degree day in the icy continent of Antarctica. Now you can see what that warming actually looks like.
The first image below is from Feb. 4, just a couple days before the arrival of the warm temperatures that lingered in the region through Feb. 13. The second photo shows us what that same region looks like after a week of higher-than-average temperatures.
In case it's not clear, a lot of that ice and snow started to recede or disappear entirely by the time the heat wave ended.
Feb. 4
Image: joshua steven / NASA Earth Observatory
Feb. 13
Image: JOSHUA STEVEN / NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY
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