This comparison shows how a forecast from the high resolution Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5, the world’s highest resolution global climate model, stacks up against GOES satellite images showing actual cloud patterns for February 6, 2010.
Published Jun 9, 2010
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
Globally averaged temperatures were 0.90 degrees Celsius (1.62 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the long-term mean.
Published Jan 18, 2018
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
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
Scientists say the world would be even warmer if not for a surge in plant growth.
Published Feb 18, 2020
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
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
2012 ranks among the ten hottest years on record; all ten years have occurred since 1998.
Published Jan 16, 2013
These maps compare January minimum temperatures and July maximum temperatures in the U.S. Climate Normals, a 30-year frame of reference. The new normal reflects a warming world.
Published Jul 6, 2011
