Different Records, Same Warming Trend

Four independent records are unequivocal: the world has warmed since 1880, and the past decade has been the warmest on record.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Different Records, Same Warming Trend.

NASA images by Robert Simmon, based on data from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NOAA National Climatic Data Center, Met Office Hadley Centre/Climatic Research Unit, and the Japanese Meteorological Agency. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published January 14, 2011
Data acquired January 1, 1880 - December 31, 2010