Global Warming
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NASA Clocks July 2023 as Hottest Month on Record Ever Since 1880
According to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, July 2023 was hotter than any other month in the global temperature record. “Since day one, President Biden has treated the climate crisis as the existential threat of our time,” said Ali Zaidi, White House National Climate Advisor. Against the backdrop of record high temperatures, wildfires,…
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Update: NASA to Discuss Climate Work in Wake of Record High Temps
Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on July 18, 2023, to add an additional participant, and to add details about audio of the call streaming on NASA’s website. NASA leadership, including climate experts, will be available at 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 20, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington to shed light on recent extreme weather events, and discuss…
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NASA to Discuss Climate Work in Wake of Record High Temps
NASA leadership, including climate experts, will be available at 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 20, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington to shed light on recent extreme weather events, and discuss how NASA research and data is enabling climate solutions. From wildfires raging across North America, flooding in the Northeast, heatwaves across the Southwest, and a record hot June,…
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One Earth, One Chance: New Report Shows Ways Dronedek Can Help Fight Global Warming
As we approach Earth Day on April 22, 2023, we are reminded of the urgent need to address climate change and its impact on our planet. A recent report from the United Nations highlights the critical issues we face and the actions required to help protect our environment. By limiting global warming to no more than 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, the report says we…
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NASA Says 2022 Fifth Warmest Year on Record, Warming Trend Continues
Earth’s average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit (0.89 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline period (1951-1980), scientists from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York reported. “This…
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2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record, NASA Analysis Shows
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, the year’s globally averaged temperature was 1.84 degrees Fahrenheit (1.02 degrees Celsius) warmer than the baseline 1951-1980 mean, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)…
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NASA, NOAA to Announce 2019 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions
Climate experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release their annual assessment of global temperatures and discuss the major climate trends of 2019 during a media teleconference at 12:15 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 15. The briefing will take place at the 100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in Boston. The teleconference participants are: Gavin Schmidt,…
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NISSAN LEADS CALLS FOR BATTERY TECHNOLOGY ROLL-OUT TO ACHIEVE EUROPEAN CLIMATE CHANGE TARGETS
New white paper offers policymakers a roadmap to unleash the full potential of electric vehicles and battery technology Proposals provide solutions to increasing electric vehicle ownership and unblocking development of energy storage and vehicle-to-grid technology Outcomes would include cheaper energy, balance grid demand and will be pivotal to achieving Europe’s aim to be carbon neutral by 2050 PARIS, France – An…
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NASA Pinpoints Cause of Earth’s Recent Record Carbon Dioxide Spike
A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2,000 years. Scientists suspected the 2015-16 El Nino — one of the largest on record — was responsible, but exactly how has been a subject of ongoing research. Analyzing the first 28…
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NASA Announces Briefing on Carbon Mission Science Results
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 12, to discuss new research to be published this week on changing global levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The research is based on data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission and other satellites. NASA launched OCO-2 in 2014 to gather global measurements of atmospheric carbon…
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