Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2022 August 22

         IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACaPI2M4GyU?rel=0

                        Earth's Recent Climate Spiral
         Video Credit: [3]NASA's [4]Scientific Visualization Studio

   Explanation: Is our Earth warming? Compared to the past 250 million
   years, the Earth is currently enduring a [5]relative cold spell,
   possibly about four degrees [6]Celsius below average. Over the past 120
   years, though, data indicate that the average global temperature of the
   Earth has increased by nearly one degree Celsius. The [7]featured
   visualization video depicts Earth's recent [8]global warming in graphic
   terms. The depicted temperatures are taken from the [9]Goddard
   Institute for Space Studies' [10]Surface Temperature Analysis. Already
   noticeable by many, Earth's recent warming trend is causing [11]sea
   levels to rise, [12]precipitation patterns to change, and [13]pole ice
   to melt. Few now disagree that recent global warming is occurring, and
   the [14]Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded
   that we humans have created a warming surge that is [15]likely to
   continue. A continuation could impact many local agricultures and even
   the global economy. Although there seems to be [16]no simple solutions,
   [17]geoengineering projects that might help include [18]artificial
   cloud creation to reduce the amount of sunlight heating the Earth's
   surface.

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    Authors & editors: [30]Robert Nemiroff ([31]MTU) & [32]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([33]UMCP)
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                         [39]NASA Science Activation
                           & [40]Michigan Tech. U.

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   5. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius
   7. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4975
   8. https://climate.nasa.gov/global-warming-vs-climate-change/
   9. https://www.giss.nasa.gov/
  10. https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/
  11. https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/
  12. https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-us-and-global-precipitation
  13. https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/arctic-sea-ice/
  14. https://www.ipcc.ch/
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  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_engineering
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