There have been record temperatures every day for more than a year. Scientists are investigating what’s behind the extraordinary measurements.

“There’s no ambiguity about the data,” said Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. “So really, it’s a question of attribution.”

Understanding what specific physical processes are behind these temperature records will help scientists improve their climate models and better predict temperatures in the future.

  • @[email protected]English
    19•9 months ago

    If you read the article, climate change + El Nino + reduced aerosols in the atmosphere + a volcano eruption + a yet unknown factor, which the article is about.

    • OptionalEnglish
      12•9 months ago

      Fair, and bonus points for RTFA.

      That said - we know what it’s about. That graph isn’t new. We did this last year too.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•9 months ago

      Yes but all of those other items are not new, and thus not really responsible.