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3 days ago · A collection of monthly summaries recapping climate-related occurrences on both a global and national scale
1938 – Guy Stewart Callendar first to propose global warming from carbon dioxide emissions. 1939 – Rossby waves were first identified in the atmosphere by Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby who explained their motion. Rossby waves are a subset of inertial waves. 1941 – Pulsed radar network is implemented in England during World War II. Generally ...
Year-to-date Temperature: January–October 2023. The January–October global surface temperature ranked highest in the 174-year record at 1.13°C (2.03°F) above the 1901–2000 average of 14.1°C (57.4°F). This surpassed the previous record from January–October 2016 by 0.08°C (0.14°F).
3 days ago · The year 2019 was the second warmest year in the 140-year record, with a global land and ocean surface temperature departure from average of +0.95°C (+1.71°F). This value is only 0.04°C (0.07°F) less than the record high value of +0.99°C (+1.78°F) set in 2016 and 0.02°C (0.04°F) higher than the now third highest value set in 2015 (+0.93 ...
2 days ago · A heatwave that would occur once every ten years before global warming started now occurs 2.8 times as often. Under further warming, heatwaves are set to become more frequent. An event that would occur every ten years would occur every other year if global warming reaches 2 °C (3.6 °F). Heat stress is related to temperature. It also increases ...
5 days ago · Leap years happen because a planet’s orbit around the Sun (year) and rotation on its axis (day) are not perfectly in line. This is true of almost every other planet in our solar system. Mars, for example, has more leap years than regular years! A year on Mars is 668 sols, or Martian days. However, it takes 668.6 sols for Mars to go around the ...
1 day ago · The Anthropocene ( / ˈænθrəpəˌsiːn, ænˈθrɒpə -/ [1] [2] [3]) is the common name for a proposed geological epoch, dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth up to the present day. It affects Earth's geology, landscape, limnology, ecosystems and climate. [4] [5] The effects of human activities on Earth can be ...
