Czech research team in the Antarctic measures record high temperature

Czech scientists from Brno’s Masaryk University who are just back from James Ross Island say they have evidence of record high temperatures in the Antarctic, confirmation of the process of global warming. The record high of 17.8 degrees Celsius was registered by one of the monitoring stations they set up in the area – this one at the top of Davies Dome iceberg 500 metres above sea level in March of last year. The Czech team also found a new type of bacteria living in the ground, which has appeared repeatedly in samples collected since 2007.