Sunday, December 22, 2013

Record Low Temperature for Antarctica

The Earth now has a new record low temperature: -136 degrees Fahrenheit, which is colder than dry ice. Antarctica was the home of the new low, which actually occurred in 2010. One scientist described this cold day as not being an "outlier event."
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