Global temperature records continue to break. This is how we monitor a warming Earth.

A world map shows surface air temperatures for June 2023 compared to established averages from 1991 to 2020.

World daily temperature records were broken this week, according to preliminary data. The modeling tools that produced these estimates can provide early warning of extreme heat events, even if they aren’t as accurate as the monthly and annual reports produced by major agencies, experts say. Who produces the data? The University of Maine has set … Read more

Melting Svalbard glaciers offer ominous taste of further warming to come – Inside Climate News

Lydia Larsen

The remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, Norway, the world’s northernmost settlement, have been called a canary in the coal mine of climate change, warming more than twice as fast as other areas in the Arctic and five to seven times faster than the rest of the planet. Because of this warming, Svalbard is offering climate … Read more