Feeling
chilly? Here's cold comfort: You could be in East Antarctica which new data
says set a record for "soul-crushing" cold. Try 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit below zero;
that's 93.2 degrees below zero Celsius, which sounds only slightly toastier.
Better yet, don't try it. That's so cold scientists say it hurts to breathe.
A new look at
NASA satellite data revealed that Earth set a new record for coldest
temperature recorded. It happened in August 2010 when it hit -135.8 degrees.
Then on July 31 of this year, it came close again: -135.3 degrees. The old record
had been -128.6 degrees, which is -89.2 degrees Celsius.
Ice scientist
Ted Scambos at the National Snow and Ice Data Center said the new record is
"50 degrees colder than anything that has ever been seen in Alaska or
Siberia or certainly North Dakota."……To Read More…..
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