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December 06, 2016

During last interglacial, Antarctica warned 3 times more than global average
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 06, 2016
Following Earth's last ice age, which peaked 20,000 years ago, the Antarctic warmed between two and three times the average temperature increase worldwide, according to a new study by a team of American geophysicists. The disparity - Antarctica warmed about 11 degrees Celsius, nearly 20 degrees Fahrenheit, between about 20,000 and 10,000 years ago, while the average temperature worldwide rose only about 4 degrees Celsius, or 7 degrees Fahrenheit - highlights the fact that the poles, both the Arctic in t ... read more

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