Antarctica Is Cooling Fast; One Of Pittsburgh's Coldest Winters On Record; Northern Forests Reveal Warmer Past — New Study; + The $16 Trillion Net Zero Boondoggle
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Antarctica Is Cooling Fast
Antarctica is slipping into winter faster than usual.
On Feb 10, Vostok recorded -53.5C (-64.3F). The following day, Concordia fell to -53.4C (-64.1F). These are extreme values for early February, at the tail end of the Antarctic summer. While in the South Shetland Islands (located at 62S, so well north of the mainland), temperatures have been dipping below -5C (23F) — again, rare so early.
At the South Pole Station, winds have been blowing persistently from the southeast. That is not the usual February pattern. At this time of year, winds at the Pole are normally split more evenly between northeast and east.
A sustained southeast wind means air is being pulled directly from the high East Antarctic Plateau, the coldest part of the continent. That airflow acts like opening a freezer door, allowing deeply frozen interior air to spill across the rest of the continent.
Antarctica is not just cooling because the sun is dropping lower.
The wind pattern has shifted.
And the ice appears to be responding.
With Summer minimums nearing, Antarctic sea ice extent is holding strong, tracking above the long-term average (1979 to present):
As pointed out by Tony Heller, extent has increased 20% since this date in 2006 (the year Al Gore released his sci-fi movie):
One Of Pittsburgh’s Coldest Winters On Record
The 2025–26 meteorological winter is on track to rank among the coldest ever recorded in Pittsburgh.
