Re:Earth’s hottest month: these charts show what happened in...
by Archelaos on Friday August 18, 2023 @05:47PM
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> it was still dark ~6 months of the year.
But note that this is only true for the part of Antarctica near the South Pole. As Antarctica is quite large, there are still parts that lie even today just north of the Arctic Circle.[1] Between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole the length of the polar night gratually increases.[2]
But note that this is only true for the part of Antarctica near the South Pole. As Antarctica is quite large, there are still parts that lie even today just north of the Arctic Circle.[1] Between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole the length of the polar night gratually increases.[2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Circle#/media/File:A...
[2] Wikipedia has a nice graph showing the effect for each latitude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytime#/media/File:Hours_of_d...