Ka taƙaita labarin:  Antarctica ta fuskanci mafi yawan zafin jiki a tarihi, a cewar masana yanayi. Sensors a Esperanza Base na Argentina a arewacin ƙarshen Antarctic Peninsula sun yi rikodin zafin jiki na 17.5 ° C (63.5 ° F). A cewar masana kimiyyar yanayi wannan na iya zama sabon rikodin don zafin jiki mafi zafi da aka auna a kan nahiyar da ta daskare. An auna sabon rikodin zafin a arewacin Antarctic Peninsula (hoton) inda kankara da ke rufe teku ta ragu sosai a cikin'yan shekarun nan kuma ana tunanin glaciers suna komawa baya. A cikin kwanaki biyu a makon da ya gabata yanayin zafi ya kai 17.4 ° C (63.3 ° F) da 17.5 ° C (63.5 ° F). Koyaya, har yanzu ba a tabbatar da yanayin zafi a kan nahiyar mafi sanyi a Duniya ba ta Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta Duniya. Kogi na kankara na Antarctica yana ɓacewa a cikin ruwan teku mai dumama, tare da shekaru goma da suka gabata suna ganin ƙimar asarar kankara ta ƙaru sosai. Wannan ya fito ne daga wani sabon bincike da aka yi da ya haɗa bayanan da aka samu na shekaru 18 game da yadda kankara take raguwa daga tauraron dan adam guda uku. Masu binciken sun yi da'awar cewa wasu kankara a Yammacin Antarctica sun yi asarar kashi 18 cikin ɗari na yawan su a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata. Bayanan tauraron dan adam daga 1994 zuwa. 2012 a fili ya nuna saurin raguwa wanda zai iya hanzarta hauhawar matakan teku na duniya, in ji masana kimiyya. Binciken ya zo ne a yayin da masana kimiyya da yawa ke damuwa game da tasirin. canjin yanayi na duniya a kan yankuna masu nisa na duniya. Matsakaicin zafin jiki da aka yi rikodin a Antarctica - wanda yawanci shine wuri mafi sanyi a Duniya - ya kasance a ranar 24 ga Afrilu 1961 lokacin da zafin ya kai 17.1 ° C (62.8 ° F). Da yake rubutu a shafin yanar gizo na Weather Underground, masanin yanayin yanayi Dr. Jeff Masters ya ce: 'Sabon rikodin zafin jiki na kowane lokaci ga duk nahiyar abu ne mai wuya. 'Rekodin yanayin zafi na wannan makon ya yiwu ne ta hanyar tsananin tsananin tashin hankali wanda ya kawo babban matsin lamba a kan Antarctic Peninsula, yana ba da damar iska mai dumi daga Kudancin Amurka don turawa kudu a kan Antarctica. 'A cikin...
Yanayin zafi a sansanin Esperanza a tsibirin Antarctic ya kai 63.5 ° F. Yankin ya fuskanci zafin rana na kwana biyu wanda ya karya rikodin zafin jiki na baya. Yankin Antarctic yana daya daga cikin yankunan da ke dumama cikin sauri a nahiyar.