Some signals belong to the whole planet rather than any one country. These are the big three: the ocean storing the heat, the sea rising, and the ice sheets losing mass.
The world in stripes: every year since 1940, blue cooler than the 1991-2020 average, red hotter.
The global average sea surface height. It rises as warming water expands and land ice melts into the ocean. Church & White / UHSLC via Our World in Data
Over 90% of the extra heat trapped by greenhouse gases ends up in the ocean. This is the planet's clearest warming signal. NOAA NCEI via Our World in Data
How much ice Greenland and Antarctica have lost since 2002, measured from space by tracking tiny changes in Earth's gravity. NASA GRACE via Our World in Data
How much ice Greenland and Antarctica have lost since 2002, measured from space by tracking tiny changes in Earth's gravity. NASA GRACE via Our World in Data
Every country on the map, summed or averaged into one line per metric. This is the whole story in a handful of curves.
How much warmer or cooler a country's year was compared with its 1991-2020 average. Watch the map turn red as you move the slider towards today. Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5) via Our World in Data
Average exposure to fine particles small enough to enter the bloodstream. The WHO guideline is 5 µg/m³. World Bank / van Donkelaar et al. via Our World in Data
Meat available for consumption per person. Livestock drives around 15% of global emissions and most deforestation. FAO via Our World in Data
Solid line: the observed global average. Dashed lines: median projections from IPCC AR6 WGI Table 9.9 (medium confidence processes), aligned to the observed record's baseline. Even the lowest pathway commits the sea to further rise; the scenarios only truly part ways after mid-century.
Renewable energy share in % of primary energy, change over roughly a decade (2014-2024)
Historical data updated 3 days ago. Refreshed weekly from the original sources.