Something Is Up With Earth’s North and South Poles

In the last week alone *the Washington Post* reported that temperatures in Eastern Antarctica could have soared as much as 90 degrees warmer than usual. The national pub also reported that a “bomb cyclone” could bring Arctic temperatures near the melting point as they soared 50 degrees above normal this weekend.

That’s right — both of Earth’s poles are experiencing what experts are calling unprecedented warming at the same time.

“It is impossible, we would have said until two days ago,” said Antarctic climatology researcher and journalist Stefano Battista on Twitter Friday, pictured below.