This image shows trends in skin temperatures—temperatures from roughly the top millimeter of the land or sea surface—of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica" class="extiw" title="en:Antarctica">Antarctica</a> from 1982 to 2004.
NASA Earth Observatory image based on data provided by Josefino Comiso, NASA-GSFC.
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