How much did temperatures rise since 1900?Differences in baseline (reference period) can result in dramatic differences in temperature rise. The U.K. Met Office HadCRUT4 dataset typically presents temperature...
An intensely warm winter and spring are melting climate records across Alaska, reports NOAA in the post ’Arctic set for record-breaking melt’. The January-April 2016 period was 11.4°F (6.4°C) warmer...
Since early April, 2016, there have been problems with the sensor on the F-17 satellite that provided the data for many Arctic sea ice images. On April 12, NSIDC issued a notice that it had suspended...
Arctic sea ice extent is very low, much lower than it was in other years at this time of year. On May 11, 2016, Arctic sea ice extent was 12.328 million square km, according to the National Snow and...
Wildfires are starting to break out in British Columbia, Canada. The wildfire on the image below started on May 1, 2016 (hat tip to Hubert Bułgajewski).The coordinates of the wildfire are in the bottom...