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Articles explain every chart, figure and metric provided on Climate Change Tracker.

Yearly Average Temperature Anomaly

It is the difference between the average yearly global surface temperature and its pre-industrial baseline. The pre-industrial ...  Read the article


Yearly Average Temperature

This is the average surface temperature of the whole Earth over a full year. It is based on measurements taken by thousands of ...  Read the article


Rate (Speed) of Temperature Change the Earth is warming up.

This chart focuses on the speed of the warming periods and cooling periods after 1850. Before 1920 there were periods of ...  Read the article


Yearly Temperature Anomaly Distribution

This is the geographical breakdown of regional temperature anomalies around the Earth per year. Each temperature anomaly is the ...  Read the article


Monthly Earth's Energy Imbalance, Radiative Forcing

This is the monthly imbalance of the energy that the Earth receives from the sun compared to the energy that it radiates back ...  Read the article


Greenhouse Gases' Impact on Energy Balance, Radiative Forcing

The previous chart shows the big picture of the Earth's energy imbalance. This chart focuses on the impact of the crucial ...  Read the article


Earth's Yearly Atmospheric CO2 Carbon Dioxide Levels Increase

This is the difference in the atmospheric CO2 of a given year compared to the previous year. We call this an ...  Read the article


Earth's Yearly Average Atmospheric CO2 Carbon Dioxide Levels

This is the average amount of CO2 that is in the atmosphere in a given year. The yearly average highlights the long-term trends ...  Read the article


Earth's Monthly Average Atmospheric CO2 Carbon Dioxide Levels

This is the average amount of CO2 that is in the atmosphere in a given month. The monthly average highlights the ...  Read the article


Human-Induced Yearly CO2 Carbon Dioxide Emissions

This refers to the total yearly CO2 emitted through human activities, such as the combustion of fossil fuels, ...  Read the article


Yearly Absorption/Sink of Human-Induced CO2 Carbon Dioxide Emissions

This is the yearly total amount of anthropogenic CO2 emissions absorbed by the atmosphere, land, oceans and human ...  Read the article


Breakdown of Yearly Human-Induced CO2 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions

This is a breakdown by source of the yearly CO2 emissions from human activities and processes expressed in gigatonnes. ...  Read the article


Breakdown of Yearly Human-Induced CO2 - Carbon dioxide Absorption

This is a breakdown by source of the yearly CO2 absorption from human activities and processes expressed in ...  Read the article


Earth's Yearly Atmospheric CH4 Methane Levels Increase

This is the difference in the atmospheric methane of a given year compared to the previous year. We call it an ‘increase’ because ...  Read the article


Earth's Yearly Average Atmospheric CH4 Methane Levels

This is the average amount of methane (CH4) that is in the atmosphere in a given year. The yearly average highlights ...  Read the article


Earth's Monthly Average Atmospheric CH4 Methane Levels

This is the average amount of methane (CH4) that is in the atmosphere in a given month. The monthly average highlights ...  Read the article


Human-Induced/Anthropogenic Yearly CH4 Methane Emissions

These are the total yearly methane (CH4) emitted through human activities expressed as weight in teragrams. In the ...  Read the article


Breakdown of Human-Induced/Anthropogenic Yearly CH4 Methane Emissions

This is a breakdown by source of yearly methane (CH4) emissions from human activities and processes expressed as ...  Read the article


Earth's Yearly Atmospheric N2O Nitrous Oxide Levels Increase

This is the difference in the atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) of a given year compared to the previous year. We call ...  Read the article


Earth's Yearly Average Atmospheric N2O Nitrous Oxide Levels

This is the average amount of nitrous oxide (N2O) that is in the atmosphere in a given year. The yearly average ...  Read the article


Earth's Monthly Average Atmospheric N2O Nitrous Oxide Levels

This is the average amount of nitrous oxide (N2O) that is in the atmosphere in a given month. The monthly average ...  Read the article


Human-Induced (Anthropogenic) Yearly N2O Nitrous Oxide Emissions

These are the total yearly nitrous oxide (N2O) emitted through human activities expressed as weight in teragrams. In ...  Read the article


Breakdown of Human-Induced Yearly N2O Nitrous Oxide Emissions

This is a breakdown by source of yearly nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from human activities and processes, expressed ...  Read the article