2021 Tied for the Sixth Warmest Year on Record, NASA Finds

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    NASA and NOAA Interview Opportunity: The numbers are in! See Where 2022 Ranks for Hottest Year on R…

    Jan. 6th, 2023

    Associated cut b-roll for the live shots will be posted by Wednesday, Jan 11 with the exception of the new graphic showing the global temperature data for 2022 which is embargoed until 11:00 a.m. EST on Jan 12 Associated b-roll for the live shots Pre-recorded inteview with Dr. Kate Calvin / NASA Chief Scientist. Transcipt is available under the download button. TRT 2:58Link to Dr. Calvin's bio is here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/katherine-calvin-chief-scientist-and-senior-climate-advisor/

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    2021 Tied for the Sixth Warmest Year on Record, NASA Finds

    Jan. 13th, 2022

    Universal Production Music: Knock and Wait (Instrumental) by Brice Davoli [SACEM], Well That’s Difference (Instrumental) by Jeff Cardoni [ASCAP], Wanna Be Hipster (Instrumental) by Jeff Cardoni [ASCAP], Curiosity Killed Kitty (Instrumental) by Robert Leslie Bennett [ASCAP], Eco Issues (Instrumental) by Max van Thun [GEMA] Additional Footage: Pond5.com, CSPANComplete transcript available. 2021 tied for Earth’s sixth warmest year on record, continuing a long-term trend. The last decade was the hottest since at least 1880.Complete transcript available. 2021 empató como el sexto año más cálido de la Tierra, lo que continúa una tendencia a largo plazo. La última década fue la más cálida por lo menos desde 1880.Complete transcript available. Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the video is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed. Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the video is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed. Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the video is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed. Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the video is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed. 2021 was tied for the sixth warmest year on NASA’s record, stretching more than a century. But, what is a temperature record?GISTEMP, NASA’s global temperature analysis, takes in millions of observations from instruments on weather stations, ships and ocean buoys, and Antarctic research stations, to determine how much warmer or cooler Earth is on average from year to year.Stretching back to 1880, NASA’s record shows a clear warming trend. However, individual weather events and La Niña — a pattern of cooler waters in the Pacific that was responsible for slightly cooling 2021’s average temperature — can affect individual years.Because the record is global, not every place on Earth experienced the sixth warmest year on record. Some places had record-high temperatures, and we saw record droughts, floods and fires around the globe. Related pages

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    The Numbers Are In: Where Does 2021 Rank for Global Temperatures Live Shots

    Jan. 12th, 2022

    Quick link to latest release: 2021 Tied for 6th Warmest Year in Continued Trend, NASA Analysis ShowsQuick link to announcement soundbite with Dr. Gavin Schmidt***** Quick link to latest graphic showing the 2021 global temperature update. ******Quick link to associated B-ROLL for questions 2-6 on the advisoryQuick link to canned interview with Dr. Gavin SchmidtNote that the new graphic showing the 2021 average will be released Thursday, Jan 13 at 11 a.m. EST**Click here for information about the NASA NOAA announcement on Thursday, Jan 13 at 11:00 a.m. EST Banner in Spanish Canned interview with Dr. Gavin Schmidt / Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. TRT 4:39. SOTS separated by slates with the question on it. Full transcript is available under the download button Associated b-roll for the live shots. TRT - 1:50Goes with questions 2 - 6 on the advisory: Last year we saw quite a few disasters and extreme events - droughts, fires, hurricanes, and more. How do changing global temperatures impact those extremes?How do the changes you're observing impact people and society?NASA and the USGS recently launched Landsat 9, and in a few weeks NASA and NOAA will launch the GOES-T satellite this year. How do NOAA and NASA satellites help us understand our climate and weather? What do we expect to see in the future in terms of heat and these global events?Where can we learn more? Soundbite with Dr. Gavin Schmidt/ Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies aboout the announcement of the global temperature update for 2021. TRT :23. Transcript available under the download button NASA and NOAA Scientists Available Jan. 13 and 14 To Share Latest Global Temperature Update With Your ViewersFrom the first ever rainfall on the Greenland icecap to record-shattering heat in the Pacific Northwest, 2021 was a year of extremes. So how does long-term global temperature rise influence these extreme events? And where does 2021 rank in that long-term record?On January 13th, climate experts from NASA and NOAA will release their annual assessment of global temperatures over the last year. NASA and NOAA scientists are available for one-on-one interviews on Jan. 13 from 12:00 PM - 3:00 PMand Jan. 14 from 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM EASTERN. Find out where 2021 fell in the climate record books, and what it means for the longer term trend. Each year, NASA and NOAA undertake the huge task of measuring the average temperature of the Earth, using many thousands of measurements all around the globe. Understanding these long-term changes is vital to how we interact with our environment, from planting different crops to managing water resources, to predicting the strength of hurricanes.Climate researchers from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release their annual assessments of global temperatures and discuss the major climate trends of 2021 during a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 13. More information HEREAnchor Intro:If you thought summer 2021 was hotter than ever you would be correct - for many of us it was! The continental United States and many locations around the world tied or broke heat records this summer. It was also a year of extremes around the world – from the first ever rainfall on the Greenland icecap, to a historic late-season wildfire outside Denver, and a devastating tornado outbreak in the midwest. So how did the rest of 2021 fare? NASA and NOAA have released the latest global temperature update for 2021. Here tell us where 2021 fell in the record books is NASA/NOAA expert: xxxx.** Interviews will be conducted using video chat programs including Skype in 15-minute slots. For example 600-615 ET, 615-630 ET, etc. Satellite interviews are not available. ** Interviews are available in Spanish**To book an interview please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/JgQhtZfuB9psc3vD7Suggested Questions:NASA and NOAA have just released the global temperature data for 2021. Where does it rank for hottest years on record? Last year we saw quite a few disasters and extreme events - droughts, fires, hurricanes, and more. How do changing global temperatures impact those extremes?How do the changes you're observing impact people and society?NASA recently launched Landsat 9, and is working with NOAA to launch its GOES-T satellite this year. How do NOAA and NASA satellites help us understand our climate and weather? What do we expect to see in the future in terms of heat and these global events?Where can we learn more? For More InformationSee [https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-noaa-to-announce-2021-global-temperatures-climate-conditions](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-noaa-to-announce-2021-global-temperatures-climate-conditions) Related pages

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    Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2022

    Jan. 12th, 2023

    This color-coded map in Robinson projection displays a progression of changing global surface temperature anomalies. Normal temperatures are shown in white. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower than normal temperatures are shown in blue. Normal temperatures are calculated over the 30 year baseline period 1951-1980. The final frame represents the 5 year global temperature anomalies from 2018-2022. This data visualization shows the 2022 global surface temperature anomaly compared with the 1951-1980 average. This data visualization shows only the 2022 global surface temperature anomalies on a rotating globe to highlight the La Niña. 2022 was one of the warmest on record despite a third consecutive year of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean. NASA scientists estimate that La Niña’s cooling influence may have lowered global temperatures about 0.11 degrees Fahrenheit from what the average would have been under more typical ocean conditions. Colortable is both degrees fahrenheit and degrees celsius. This image is the single year 2022 GISS temperature anomaly as compared with the 1951-1980 average. This version does not have any titles or text overlays, except for the corresponding colorbar. This frame sequence of color-coded global temperature anomalies in robinson projection display a progression of changing global surface temperatures anomalies in even degrees Fahrenheit. The first frame in this sequence represents the data from 1880-1884. The second frame represents 1881-1885, ...and the last frame represents 2018-2022. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower than normal are shown in blue. Normal temperatures are the average over the 30 year baseline period 1951-1980. This sequence of images are the corresponding date overlays for the 5 year rolling averages used in the first visualization on this page. This frame sequence of color-coded global temperature anomalies in degrees celsius is designed to be displayed on the Science on a Sphere projection system. Each image represents a unique 5 year rolling time period with no fades between datasets. Frame 1884 represents data from 1880-1884, frame 1885 represents data from 1881-1885,... frame 2022 represents data from 2018-2022. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower than normal are shown in blue. Normal temperatures are the average over the 30 year baseline period 1951-1980. This is the colorbar for the Science on a Sphere frameset above. It is in degrees celsius.

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    Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2021

    Jan. 13th, 2022

    This color-coded map in Robinson projection displays a progression of changing global surface temperature anomalies. Normal temperatures are shown in white. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower than normal temperatures are shown in blue. Normal temperatures are calculated over the 30 year baseline period 1951-1980. The final frame represents the 5 year global temperature anomalies from 2017-2021. Scale in degrees Fahrenheit. This data visualization shows the 2021 global surface temperature anomalies on a rotating globe to highlight the La Niña. La Niña has developed and is expected to last into early 2022. Despite the cooling influence of this naturally occurring climate phenomenon, temperatures in many parts of the world are above average. The year 2000 also saw a La Niña event of similar strength to that in 2021, but 2021 global temperatures was more than 0.75 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than 2000. This color-coded map in Robinson projection displays a progression of changing global surface temperature anomalies. Normal temperatures are shown in white. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower than normal temperatures are shown in blue. Normal temperatures are calculated over the 30 year baseline period 1951-1980. The final frame represents the 5 year global temperature anomalies from 2017-2021. Scale in degrees Celsius. This frame sequence is the corresponding date range for each frame in the sequence. Degrees Fahrenheit Colorbar Degrees Celsius Colorbar This frame sequence of color-coded global temperature anomalies in robinson projection display a progression of changing global surface temperatures anomalies in Fahrenheit. The first frame in this sequence represents the data from 1880-1884. The second frame represents 1881-1885, ...and the last frame represents 2017-2021. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower than normal are shown in blue. Normal temperatures are the average over the 30 year baseline period 1951-1980. This frame sequence of color-coded global temperature anomalies in degrees celsius is designed to be displayed on the Science on a Sphere projection system. Each image represents a unique 5 year rolling time period with no fades between datasets. Frame 1884 represents data from 1880-1884, frame 1885 represents data from 1881-1885,... frame 2021 represents data from 2017-2021. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower than normal are shown in blue. Normal temperatures are the average over the 30 year baseline period 1951-1980. This is the colorbar for the Science on a Sphere frameset above. It is in degrees celsius. Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASA and NOAA. Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2021 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (or 0.85 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline period, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.Collectively, the past eight years are the top eight warmest years since modern record keeping began in 1880. This annual temperature data makes up the global temperature record – and it’s how scientists know that the planet is warming.GISS is a NASA laboratory managed by the Earth Sciences Division of the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The laboratory is affiliated with Columbia University’s Earth Institute and School of Engineering and Applied Science in New York.For more information about NASA’s Earth science missions, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/earth Related pages

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    Concentration Increase of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)

    Jan. 12th, 2022

    Timeplot of increase of atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) concentrations relative to the pre-industrial CO2 long-term mean value of 278ppm. During 2021, atmospheric CO2 concentrations reached a record-level increase of 50% relative to pre-industrial CO2 levels. Timeplot of increase of atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) concentrations relative to the pre-industrial CO2 long-term mean value of 278ppm. During 2021, atmospheric CO2 concentrations reached a record-level increase of 50% relative to pre-industrial CO2 levels. This version is created with a dark background. Keeling Curve for the period March 1958-December 2021 (present). Monthly Carbon Dioxide (CO2) values are plotted on the range of [300-450]ppm. On December 2021, the seasonally-adjusted mean value of CO2 reached 417.41ppm. Using the complete record of Mauna Loa CO2 monthly mean data, the timeplot featured on this page displays the ongoing Keeling’s research and observations: the monthly average of atmospheric CO2 concentration values, which show the seasonal cycle of CO2 (jagged/wavy red line) and the seasonally-adjusted mean values (adjusted/straight red line). The jagged/wavy red line visualizes natural oscillations caused by plant growth cycles, while the adjusted/straight red line demonstrates the steady increase over time that is caused by human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels. To illustrate the significance of the steady increase of atmospheric CO2 since 1958 and to provide a visual understanding of the monthly average CO2 values as they are measured in parts per million (ppm):Monthly CO2 values are plotted on the range of [0-500] ppm over the period of March 1958 to December 2021 (present).The pre-industrial CO22 average of 278 ppm is marked as an orange block.As time passes the monthly adjusted percent increase is calculated relative to the pre-industrial CO2 value of 278ppm and is shown next to a red arrow. As the timeline unfolds, we can see an increase growing from 13% in March 1958 to more than 50% in December 2021.In addition to highlighting the steady increase of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere, this timeplot underpins the historical contributions of the Keeling Curve to climate science, as it was designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society in 2015. Continuous and precise observations across agencies and institutions are critical to help scientists and the public understand the linkages between increases in CO2 and human-caused climate change.The rest of this webpage offers a version of the timeplot with dark background, the Keeling Curve, as of December 2021 and data sources. Data Sources:Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide by NOAA. The visualization featured on this page utilizes the complete record from the Mauna Loa CO2 monthly mean data for the period March 1958-December 2021 (accessed: January 7, 2022). Within the data record the continuous monthly average values are represented in the visualization as the jagged/wavy line that shows the seasonal cycle of CO2 and the monthly de-seasonalized mean values are represented in the visualization as the adjusted line.Citation: Dr. Pieter Tans, NOAA/GML (gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/) and Dr. Ralph Keeling, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/).Citation: Keeling, Ralph F; Keeling, Charles D. (2017). Atmospheric Monthly In Situ CO2 Data - Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii (Archive 2021-09-07). In Scripps CO2 Program Data. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J08W3BHW Related pages

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    Temperature Measurement Stations

    Dec. 24th, 2021

    Weather stations currently used in the GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4). The size of the station markers is varied to reduce overplotting and is not indicative of any properties of that station. A map of the weather stations currently used in the GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4) in Robinson projection. The weather stations used in the GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4). In this analysis only stations with reasonably long, consistently measured time records are used. 20,924 stations are shown in this visualization. For more information on the station data, please visit https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data_v4_globe/. Related pages

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