Climate change makes nitrous oxide disappear faster, creating new uncertainty for future climate and ozone predictions.

The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.

Click the downloadable graphic: Warming Since 1970 City to Country Earth Day, April 22, is an opportunity to raise awareness around planetary-scale challenges — including climate change.

According to the latest NOAA data, 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest year since records began in 1850. Global average temperatures in 2025 were 1.3°C (2.4°F) above pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels.

Claims that the oceans are now driving a new phase of global cooling have surged across social media, but they collide with a large and consistent body of scientific evidence. Ocean measurements from ...