NASA: A Warming World

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New NASA Web Page Sheds Light on Science of a Warming World
NASA MEDIA ADVISORY : M10-036 : 2010 Feb 23

Will 2010 be the warmest year on record? How do the recent U.S. "Snowmageddon" winter storms and record low temperatures in Europe fit into the bigger picture of long-term global warming? NASA has launched a new web page to help people better understand the causes and effects of Earth's changing climate.

The new "A Warming World" page hosts a series of new articles, videos, data visualizations, space-based imagery and interactive visuals that provide unique NASA perspectives on this topic of global importance.

The page includes feature articles that explore the recent Arctic winter weather that has gripped the United States, Europe and Asia, and how El Nino and other longer-term ocean-atmosphere phenomena may affect global temperatures this year and in the future. A new video, "Piecing Together the Temperature Puzzle," illustrates how NASA satellites monitor climate change and help scientists better understand how our complex planet works.

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New NASA Web Page Sheds Light on Science of Warming World
NASA JPL (PR 2010-062) - 2010 Feb 23


This color-coded map, produced by scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, shows the 5-year average (2005-2009)
global temperature change relative to the 1951-1980 mean temperature. The color scale varies from darkest red (a 2 degree Celsius,
or 3.6 degree Fahrenheit, warming) to orange and yellows (1 degree Celsius, or 1.8 degree Fahrenheit, warming) to light blue (a 0.5
degree Celsius, or 0.9 degree Fahrenheit, cooling). January 2000 to December 2009 came out as the warmest decade on record since
global instrumental temperature records began 130 years ago. And 2009 tied as the second warmest year. (NASA/GISS)

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Warming world: Snaps from space

Flood. Drought. Heat waves. Ice melt. The impact of a warming world is being manifested in a variety of ways, and we can see it from space. Browse through our gallery of pictures taken by NASA satellites looking down at planet Earth. Click on the images for more information and higher resolution images.