Argentina’s Esperanza Base on Antarctica’s Trinity Peninsula reached 65°F (18.3°C) on Thursday, notching the continent’s warmest temperature in recorded history, per the World Meteorological Organization.

Why it matters: Antarctica is one of the globe’s fastest-warming regions with temperatures rising 5°F (2.8°C) in the past 50 years, spurring the retreat of 87% of the glaciers along the Antarctic peninsula’s west coast, the Washington Post reports.

Something has to be done here for future generations.