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Global temperatures in 2024 were 1.28°C above the 1951-1980 baseline. <br /> <span class="feature_date">(2025-01-10)</span></p> <p class="read">+ <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/temperatures-rising-nasa-confirms-2024-warmest-year-on-record/">Go to NASA Release</a><br \>+ <a href="https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/">Go to Dataset</a></p> </div></div> <div class="feature_simple"> <h2><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-cu-enact-collaborative-space-act-agreement/">NASA, Columbia U. Enact Collaborative Space Act Agreement</a></h2> <div class="feature_img"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-cu-enact-collaborative-space-act-agreement/"><img src="/gfx/spot/2024/202412_news_columbia_1472x960.jpg" style="border:0" alt="Dr. Jeannette Wing and Dr. Christa Peters-Lidard sign a collaborative Space Act Agreement at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024." /></a></div> <div class="feature_txt"><p>NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Columbia University in New York, enacted a collaborative Space Act Agreement to advance research and education opportunities during a signing ceremony on December 16.<br /> <span class="feature_date">(2024-12-18)</span></p> <p class="read">+ <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-cu-enact-collaborative-space-act-agreement/">Go to NASA Release</a></p> </div></div> <div class="feature_simple"> <h2><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/earth/climate-change/nasa-data-reveals-role-of-green-spaces-in-cooling-cities/">NASA Data Reveals Role of Green Spaces in Cooling Cities</a></h2> <div class="feature_img"><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/earth/climate-change/nasa-data-reveals-role-of-green-spaces-in-cooling-cities/"><img src="/gfx/spot/2024/202411_news_cities_1472x960.jpg" style="border:0" alt="A natural color image of Sanaa, Yemen, taken by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 on Jun 8, 2024." /></a></div> <div class="feature_txt"><p>A recent study used NASA satellite data to identify a major gap in global resilience to climate change: cities in the Global South have far less green space — and therefore less cooling capacity — than cities in the Global North.<br /> <span class="feature_date">(2024-11-24)</span></p> <p class="read">+ <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/earth/climate-change/nasa-data-reveals-role-of-green-spaces-in-cooling-cities/">Go to NASA Release</a></p> </div></div> <div class="feature_simple"> <h2><a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153588/charting-the-exceptional-unexpected-heat-of-2023-and-2024">Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024</a></h2> <div class="feature_img"><a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153588/charting-the-exceptional-unexpected-heat-of-2023-and-2024"><img src="/gfx/spot/2024/202411_feature_charting_1472x960.jpg" style="border:0" alt="A global map of the 2023 September monthly global temperature anomaly" /></a></div> <div class="feature_txt"><p>Global temperatures have soared in recent years and climate scientists are trying to understand why.<br /> <span class="feature_date">(2024-11-20)</span></p> <p class="read">+ <a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153588/charting-the-exceptional-unexpected-heat-of-2023-and-2024">Go to NASA EO Feature</a></p> </div></div> <div class="feature_simple"> <h2><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-finds-summer-2024-hottest-to-date/">NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date</a></h2> <div class="feature_img"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-finds-summer-2024-hottest-to-date/"><img src="/gfx/spot/2024/202409_news_gistemp_1472x960.jpg" style="border:0" alt="This visualization of GISTEMP monthly temperatures with the seasonal cycle derived from the MERRA-2 model compares 2023 and 2024." /></a></div> <div class="feature_txt"><p>August 2024 set a new monthly temperature record, capping Earth’s hottest summer since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.<br /> <span class="feature_date">(2024-09-11)</span></p> <p class="read">+ <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-finds-summer-2024-hottest-to-date/">Go to NASA Release</a></p> </div></div> <div class="feature_simple"> <h2><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-earth-scientists-take-flight-set-sail-to-verify-pace-satellite-data/">Earth Scientists Take Flight, Set Sail to Verify PACE Satellite Data</a></h2> <div class="feature_img"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-earth-scientists-take-flight-set-sail-to-verify-pace-satellite-data/"><img src="/gfx/spot/2024/202409_news_pace_1472x960.jpg" style="border:0" alt="Phot of the NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft preparing for flight in January 2023." /></a></div> <div class="feature_txt"><p>More than 100 scientists will participate in a field campaign involving a research vessel and two aircraft this month to verify the accuracy of data collected by NASA’s new PACE satellite: the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission.<br /> <span class="feature_date">(2024-09-04)</span></p> <p class="read">+ <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-earth-scientists-take-flight-set-sail-to-verify-pace-satellite-data/">Go to NASA Release</a></p> </div></div> <div class="feature_simple"> <h2><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-data-shows-july-22-was-earths-hottest-day-on-record/">NASA Data Shows July 22 Was Earth's Hottest Day on Record</a></h2> <div class="feature_img"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-data-shows-july-22-was-earths-hottest-day-on-record/"><img src="/gfx/spot/2024/202407_news_july22_1472x960.png" style="border:0" alt="Line plots showing daily global average temperature values from MERRA-2 for the years 1980-2022." /></a></div> <div class="feature_txt"><p>July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July 21 and 23 of this year also exceeded the previous daily record, set in July 2023.<br /> <span class="feature_date">(2024-07-29)</span></p> <p class="read">+ <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-data-shows-july-22-was-earths-hottest-day-on-record/">Go to NASA Release</a></p> </div></div> <div class="feature_simple"> <h2><a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153058/el-nino-exits">El Niño Fades</a></h2> <div class="feature_img"><a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153058/el-nino-exits"><img src="/gfx/spot/2024/202407_feature_elnino_1472x960.jpg" style="border:0" alt="Side-by-side plots showing sea surface height anomalies in the Pacific ocean on Dec 4, 2023 and July 1, 2024. The large anomaly along the equator associated with El Niño visible in Dec has by July disappeared." /></a></div> <div class="feature_txt"><p>The natural climate phenomenon contributed to upheavals in temperature and rainfall patterns across the globe.<br /> <span class="feature_date">(2024-07-15)</span></p> <p class="read">+ <a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153058/el-nino-exits">Go to NASA EO Feature</a></p> </div></div> <div class="feature_simple"> <h2><a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152995/in-the-grip-of-global-heat">In the Grip of Global Heat</a></h2> <div class="feature_img"><a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152995/in-the-grip-of-global-heat"><img src="/gfx/spot/2024/202406_feature_heat_1104x720.jpg" style="border:0" alt="A single graphic an animation showing the heat weave struck the Eastern Hemisphere from June 15 to June 25" /></a></div> <div class="feature_txt"><p>Heat waves rolled through parts of Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia, leaving vulnerable populations at risk.<br /> <span class="feature_date">(2024-06-28)</span></p> <p class="read">+ <a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152995/in-the-grip-of-global-heat">Go to NASA EO Feature</a></p> </div></div> <div class="feature_simple"> <h2><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-analysis-confirms-a-year-of-monthly-temperature-records/">NASA Analysis Confirms a Year of Monthly Temperature Records</a></h2> <div class="feature_img"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-analysis-confirms-a-year-of-monthly-temperature-records/"><img src="/gfx/spot/2024/202406_news_gistemp_1472x960.jpg" style="border:0" alt="Line plots of the monthly global temperature anomaly showing that the past 12 months are at the top of the charts." /></a></div> <div class="feature_txt"><p>May 2024 was the warmest May on the books, marking a full year of record-high monthly temperatures, NASA scientists found.<br /> <span class="feature_date">(2024-06-11)</span></p> <p class="read">+ <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-analysis-confirms-a-year-of-monthly-temperature-records/">Go to NASA Release</a><br \>+ <a href="https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/">Go to Dataset</a></p> </div></div> <div class="feature_simple"> <h2><a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/pubs/best.html">GISS Scientists Select Best Institute Paper of 2023</a></h2> <div class="feature_img"><a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/pubs/best.html"><img src="/gfx/spot/2024/202405_pubs_best_1472x960.jpg" style="border:0" alt="Image of journal paper first page" /></a></div> <div class="feature_txt"><p> Scientists at NASA/GISS have voted the journal article “Atmospheric Response to a Collapse of the North Atlantic Circulation Under a Mid-Range Future Climate Scenario” by Clara Orbe et al. as the top work among the research publications by institute staff published in 2023. <br /> <span class="feature_date">(2024-05-06)</span></p> <p class="read">+ <a 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