Our planet is getting warmer. Every year, NASA and NOAA calculate the average surface temperature around the globe. These annual temperature data make up the global temperature record – and it’s how scientists know that the planet is warming. Red spirals in this visualization indicate years with warmer-than-average temperatures. The visualization “turns red” after 1975, showing that most of Earth’s warming has occurred in the last several decades. Overall, the average global temperature on Earth

44K views · 1.3K reactions | Look at how much the temperature varies on land month to month compared to the relatively small change there is in ocean temperature through the year. This is a visualization of average land and sea surface temperatures as observed by satellites. Read more here: https://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/surface-temperature/ | NOAA Science On a Sphere | Facebook