2023 Was the Hottest Year on Record

Released Friday, January 12, 2024

ID: 14502

- Produced by:
- Kathleen Gaeta
- Scientific consulting by:
- Gavin A. Schmidt
- Visualizations by:
- Kim Dongjae

2023 was Earth’s warmest year since 1880, and the last 10 consecutive years have been the warmest 10 on record. But why does NASA, a space agency, look at Earth’s temperature? And how do we even measure global temperature?

Universal Music Production: “Busy Life Instrumental” “Spiritual Engineering Instrumental” “Promenade Instrumental” “Trusty Scalpel Instrumental” “Box of Tricks Instrumental” “Breaking Instrumental” and “Fast Progress Instrumental.”

Earth

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Producers
- Kathleen Gaeta (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Grace Weikert (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Katie Jepson (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Scientists
- Gavin A. Schmidt (NASA/GSFC GISS)
- Peter H. Jacobs (NASA/GSFC)
Animators
- Kim Dongjae (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Mark SubbaRao (NASA/GSFC)