Meteorologists highlight Earth’s stark, dramatic warming

2020 will be one of the hottest years on record.

Meteorologists, who provide your increasingly accurate weather forecasts (sometimes astonishingly accurate), know Earth’s heating trend has been accelerating for the past 40 years. On Thursday, TV meteorologists organized on air and online to demonstrate a stark visualization of the planet’s warming, by showing "warming stripes."

Using data collected by NASA, NOAA, and other research agencies, climate scientist Ed Hawkins created the ability for anyone to see warming trends for world overall, or for their country or state. (Red stripes show above average temperatures and blues show below average.) Read more...