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Antarctica and its Volcanism and Vostok
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I've been monitoring the temps at the stations there daily, I'm not sure it seems to be overly warmer than usual? How can we be sure it's actually melting. If it is, then yeah I agree the volcanoes would seem to be a likely culprit.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3891773 [ link to amrc.ssec.wisc.edu]
South Pole’s Record Breaking Week…(Corrected!)Posted on December 31, 2011 by mattl Here’s more on South Pole Stations record breaking week of weather (Courtesy of South Pole Meteorology Office):
December 24th: The peak wind speed of 29 kts/33 mph broke the previous record of 28 kts/32 mph set in 1996.
December 24th: The temperature of -13.3°C/8.1°F broke the previous maximum temperature record of -15.7°C/3.7°F set in 1984.
December 25th: The temperature of -12.3°C/9.9°F broke the previous maximum temperature record of -17.2°C/1.0°F set in 1978.
December 25th: The temperature of -12.3°C/9.9°F broke the record for the all-time maximum temperature at South Pole. The previous record of -13.6°C/7.5°F was set on December 27, 1978.
December 30th: The peak wind speed of 25 kts/29 mph broke the previous record of 21 kts/24 mph set in 1989. [ link to amrc.ssec.wisc.edu] Wow, forgive my ignorance, but which stations are at the south pole? I had mainly been paying attention to Vostok as well as stations on the peninsula, all of which seemed to be relatively normal temps all summer so far. I'm doing a crash course in this. But, it looks like the station to watch is Siple Dome. Check out the links in my other reply as well. Its got a research paper that is showing that the elevation is lowering in this area.
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