Earth’s north and South Pole have opposite weather at any point of the year, with the South Pole now currently going into winter, and the North Pole coming out of it. However, both poles are experiencing ground-breaking record temperatures, simultaneously melting, causing alarm among scientists all over the world. ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains. Subscribe to the Pure Science Telegram Channel https://t.me/PureScienceWithSandhyaRamesh Supplementary reading: Remarkable Arctic sea ice thinning in three years https://news.agu.org/press-release/new-observations-from-icesat-2-show-remarkable-arctic-sea-ice-thinning-in-just-three-years It’s 70 degrees warmer than normal in eastern Antarctica. Scientists are flabbergasted. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/03/18/antarctica-heat-wave-climate-change/ 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave ‘virtually impossible’ without global warming, scientists find https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/11/2021-pacific-northwest-heat-wave-virtually-impossible-without-global-warming-scientists-find/ New research on forests and oceans suggest projections of future warming may be too conservative, with serious consequences http://www.climatecodered.org/2021/01/new-research-on-forests-and-oceans.html