NASA shares before-and-after pictures of Antarctica after record-breaking heat

NASA has shared satellite pictures showing 'widespread melting' observed in Antarctica earlier this month. On February 6, weather stations recorded the hottest temperature on record (18.3°C) for Antarctica. The warm temperatures arrived on February 5 and continued until February 13, 2020. The images, acquired by Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, show melting on ice cap of Eagle Island.