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The continent-wide average surface temperature trend of Antarctica is positive and significant at >0.05 °C/decade since 1957. The [[West Antarctic Ice Sheet]] has warmed by more than 0.1 °C/decade in the last 50 years, and is strongest in winter and spring. Although this is partly offset by fall cooling in East Antarctica, this effect is restricted to the 1980s and 1990s. | The continent-wide average surface temperature trend of Antarctica is positive and significant at >0.05 °C/decade since 1957. The [[West Antarctic Ice Sheet]] has warmed by more than 0.1 °C/decade in the last 50 years, and is strongest in winter and spring. Although this is partly offset by fall cooling in East Antarctica, this effect is restricted to the 1980s and 1990s. | ||