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Finding the Hottest Spots on Earth by Satellite
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Finding the Hottest Spots on Earth by Satellite

The Sun heats not only the air around us, but the land we walk on. Scientists are interested in the difference between the two.

Published May 2, 2012

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The Hottest Spot on Earth
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The Hottest Spot on Earth

Published Nov 24, 2006

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Extreme Heat in Death Valley
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Extreme Heat in Death Valley

NASA’s ECOSTRESS instrument observed extreme early morning temperatures in the desert of California and Nevada.

Published Aug 20, 2020

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2019 Was the Second Warmest Year on Record
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2019 Was the Second Warmest Year on Record

The past five years have been the warmest of the past 140 years.

Published Jan 15, 2020

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Global Temperature Anomaly, 1880–2013
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Global Temperature Anomaly, 1880–2013

A NASA research analysis shows how much warmer the Earth has grown compared to an averaged base period from 1951 to 1980.

Published Jan 21, 2014

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2013 Continued the Long-Term Warming Trend
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2013 Continued the Long-Term Warming Trend

The GISS Land-Ocean Temperature Index put 2013 into the top ten warmest years in the global record, even though temperatures in the United States were not much warmer than usual.

Published Jan 22, 2014

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2018 Was the Fourth Warmest Year, Continuing Long Warming Trend
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2018 Was the Fourth Warmest Year, Continuing Long Warming Trend

The past five years have been the warmest years in the modern record, and 18 of the 19 warmest years have occurred since 2000.

Published Feb 6, 2019

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2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record
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2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record

Long-term climate change got a boost from the developing El Niño and obliterated previous records.

Published Jan 21, 2016

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Global Temperature Record Broken for Third Consecutive Year
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Global Temperature Record Broken for Third Consecutive Year

The planet’s average surface temperature has risen about 1.1°C (2.0°F) since the late 19th century.

Published Jan 19, 2017

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March Breaks Alaska’s Hot Streak
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March Breaks Alaska’s Hot Streak

A chilly March ended a seventeen-month warm spell.

Published May 17, 2017

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2017 Was the Second Hottest Year on Record
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2017 Was the Second Hottest Year on Record

Globally averaged temperatures were 0.90 degrees Celsius (1.62 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the long-term mean.

Published Jan 18, 2018

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October Scorches Records in the Northeast
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October Scorches Records in the Northeast

Weather records fell across the northeastern United States and Canada’s Ontario and Maritime provinces.

Published Nov 16, 2017

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2011 Global Temperatures
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2011 Global Temperatures

Analysis of global temperatures shows that the year was the 9th hottest in the past 130 years. Nine of the ten warmest years have occurred since 2000.

Published Jan 20, 2012

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Temperature Anomalies, Winter 2009-2010
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Temperature Anomalies, Winter 2009-2010

Northern Hemisphere winter 2009–2010 temperatures were unusually cold across much of the United States, Canada, and Europe compared to previous winters this decade, while Greenland, North Africa, and the Middle East were warmer than usual.

Published Mar 25, 2010

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Record Warmth in February
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Record Warmth in February

Almost all land surfaces on the planet experienced unusually warm temperatures.

Published Mar 17, 2016

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Rising Temperatures: A Month Versus a Decade
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Rising Temperatures: A Month Versus a Decade

April to September 2014 was the hottest spring and summer in 130 years of recordkeeping. Here’s why that matters, and why it doesn’t.

Published Oct 24, 2014

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Another Hot July
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Another Hot July

July 2017 was statistically tied with July 2016 as the warmest month in 137 years of modern record-keeping.

Published Aug 22, 2017

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Heat and Fire Scorches Siberia
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Heat and Fire Scorches Siberia

Fires are raging in eastern Siberia in the midst of an unusually long-lived heat wave.

Published Jun 23, 2020

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2008 Global Temperature
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2008 Global Temperature

Calendar year 2008 was the coolest year since 2000, but it was still in the top ten warmest years since the start of record-keeping in 1880. Most of Europe, Russia, and the Arctic were warmer than average, while much of the Pacific Ocean was cooler than usual.

Published Jan 21, 2009

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Mapping the Hot Summer
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Mapping the Hot Summer

July 2012 was the world’s 4th hottest July recorded since 1880.

Published Aug 17, 2012

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A Lava Lamp Look at the Atlantic
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A Lava Lamp Look at the Atlantic

The Gulf Stream is a warm current amidst the cool North Atlantic. But the pattern is hardly uniform.

Published Dec 22, 2013

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The Northwest is Running Hot and Dry
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The Northwest is Running Hot and Dry

In August 2018, temperature records fell in the northwestern United States.

Published Aug 15, 2018

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Extreme Heat for an Extreme Year
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Extreme Heat for an Extreme Year

In the summer of 2016, extreme heat waves gripped Siberia, the Middle East, and North America.

Published Aug 11, 2016

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