Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024

Global temperatures have soared in recent years and climate scientists are trying to understand why.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024.

NASA Earth Observatory map and charts by Michala Garrison, based on data from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Climate spiral visualization by Mark SubbaRao, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published November 19, 2024
Data acquired September 2023

Sources:: In situ Measurement; Model