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, 2019Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Human Presence Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
The past five years have been the warmest of the past 140 years.
Published Jan 15, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Water Human Presence Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
Temperatures are warming faster in the Arctic than anywhere else in the world. Here’s why.
Published May 26, 2013
The average global temperature has increased by about 0.8°Celsius since 1880, and two-thirds of the warming occurred after 1975.
Published Dec 10, 2010
Separate analyses by NASA and NOAA agree that the past year was hotter than any other since 1880. The ten warmest years in the instrumental record, with the exception of 1998, have now occurred since 2000.
Published Jan 17, 2015
Sulfates kept the eastern United States from warming as much as other regions, but cleaning up the air has changed the equation.
Published May 18, 2012
Long-term climate change got a boost from the developing El Niño and obliterated previous records.
Published Jan 21, 2016
Four independent records are unequivocal: the world has warmed since 1880, and the past decade has been the warmest on record.
Published Jan 14, 2011
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
2012 ranks among the ten hottest years on record; all ten years have occurred since 1998.
Published Jan 16, 2013
July 2012 was the world’s 4th hottest July recorded since 1880.
Published Aug 17, 2012
Globally averaged temperatures were 0.90 degrees Celsius (1.62 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the long-term mean.
Published Jan 18, 2018
For a long time, it seemed that Antarctica was immune to global warming. But a new analysis of satellite and weather station data has shown that Antarctica has warmed on average since 1957.
Published Jan 23, 2009
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
