Antarctica just broke its hottest temperature ever recorded at 64.9 degrees Fahrenheit as climate change continues to accelerate across the world.
The reading was taken at the Esperanza Base along Antarctica's Trinity Peninsula on Thursday. It beats the continent's previous record of 63.5 degrees tallied in March 2015, and comes shortly after the Earth saw its hottest January on record and hottest decade on record in the 2010s.
Antarctica's record-breaking temperature has not yet been verified by the World Meteorological Organization , which will have a committee confirm the new Esperanza record. Research shows that Antarctica's glaciers are rapidly melting as the planet warms, releasing enough water to significantly raise global sea levels. The amount of ice lost each year from the Antarctic ice sheet increased at least six-fold between 1979 and 2017, according to the WHO.
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