Scientists: Record Low Temperature Recorded in Antarctica

The Arctic air blasting the eastern United States is positively balmy compared to the record minus 136 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 93 degrees Celsius) temperature measured in Antarctica in August 2010, according to research released on Monday.   Scientists made the discovery while analyzing 32 years of global surface temperatures recorded by satellites.   They found that a high ridge in the East Antarctic Plateau contains pockets of trapped air that dipped as low as minus 136...

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