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It's still below freezing. It's just supposed to be way colder than that.

Under the hood Antarctica is way hotter way closer to the surface than you might expect. There are volcanoes, too.

We probably want the weather to stay much colder than the negative one degree Celsius technically required for it to not melt straight away. Could make a critical difference or at least soften the impact.

And it is winter in Antarctica, a mild winter can make the impact of summer worse.

It is summer and ending in a few days.

Isn't it more like < -2 Celcius ambient temperature, since it's sea water?

> Under the hood Antarctica is way hotter way closer to the surface than you might expect. There are volcanoes, too.

Thanks, I had no idea.

I found this related article interesting: http://www.plateclimatology.com/geological-hotspot-melting-p...

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