A nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Biological & Environmental Research will fund efforts by a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) team led by the director of the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) to understand how to more accurately model climate change.
A nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Biological & Environmental Research will fund efforts by a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) team led by the director of the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) to understand how to more accurately model climate change.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
(New Reference Base, 1991-2020)
Northern Hemisphere: +0.14 C (+0.25 °F) above seasonal average
Southern Hemisphere: +0.03 C (+0.05 °F) above seasonal average
Tropics: +0.06 C (+0.11 °F) above seasonal average
Northern Hemisphere: +0.05 C (+0.09 °F) above seasonal average
Southern Hemisphere: -0.15 C (-0.27 °F) below seasonal average
Tropics: -0.28 C (-0.50 °F) below seasonal average
Notes on data released June 2, 2021 (v6.0, with new reference base)
With the modest warming seen in May, we are likely on the way out of the current La Niña cycle whose cool tropical Pacific waters helped to produce lower atmospheric temperatures since late last year. But since mid-February, the bulk sea water temperatures in the tropics have been climbing and are now above average, likely indicating the atmosphere will see more above normal temperatures, at least for the next few months. The global departure from a