+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds   + Podcasts   + Opportunities Previous Animation Next Animation Five-Year Average Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2008 for Science on a Sphere Each year, scientists at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies analyze global temperature data. A rapid warming trend has occurred over the past 30 years. Calendar year 2008 was the coolest year since 2000, according to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies analysis of surface air temperature measurements. In this analysis, 2008 is the ninth warmest year in the period of instrumental measurements, which extends back to 1880. 2005 is the hottest year on record, and 2007 is tied with 1998 for second place. The Earth is experiencing the warmest level of the current interglacial period, or interval between ice ages, which has lasted nearly 12,000 years. This color-coded map displays a long term progression of changing global surface temperatures, from 1880 to 2008. Dark red indicates the greatest warming and dark blue indicates the greatest cooling.    This data visualization of five-year global temperature differences from 1880 to 2008 was designed to be shown on the Science On A Sphere. Dark blue areas show regions where the temperature was cooler then the average temperature. Red areas show regions where the temperature was warmer then the average. This particular image show the global average from 2004 to 2008. Duration: 52.0 seconds Available formats:   2048x1024 TIFF         2 MB   320x160     PNG           241 KB   160x80       PNG           64 KB   80x40         PNG           17 KB   2048x1024 (15 fps) Frames   640x320 (15 fps) MPEG-4   6 MB   512x288 (30 fps) MPEG-1   4 MB   1280x720 (30 fps) Frames   640x360 (30 fps) MPEG-4   4 MB   1280x720 (30 fps) MPEG-4   37 MB   1280x720 (30 fps) Frames How to play our movies    Colorbar - blue represents cooler then average regions and red represents warmer then average regions. Available formats:   320 x 90           PNG         7 KB    This image is a five year average from 1881 to 1885. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 1 MB   320 x 160         PNG     247 KB    This image is a five year average from 1891 to 1895. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 1 MB   320 x 160         PNG     250 KB    This image is a five year average from 1901 to 1905. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     253 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 1911 to 1915. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     248 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 1921 to 1925. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     250 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 1931 to 1935. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     250 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 1941 to 1945. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     249 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 1941 to 1945. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     246 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 1961 to 1965. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     247 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 1971 to 1975. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     250 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 1981 to 1985. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     250 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 1991 to 1995. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     252 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 2001 to 2005. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     245 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 2002 to 2006. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     243 KB    This image is a five year global temperature average from 2003 to 2007. Available formats:   2048 x 1024     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 160         PNG     243 KB Animation Number: 3596 Completed: 2009-04-21 Animator: Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) Scientists: James Hansen (NASA/GSFC GISS)   Makiko Sato (NASA/GSFC GISS)   Reto Ruedy (NASA/GSFC GISS)   Ken Lo (NASA/GSFC GISS)   David Lea (University of California, Santa Barbara)   Martin Medina-Elizade (University of California, Santa Barbara) Platform/Sensor/Data Set: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP)/GISTEMP (1880 - 2007) Data Collected: 1880 - 2007 Series: Global Temperature Anomalies Keywords: SVS >> Climate SVS >> Global Warming SVS >> HDTV DLESE >> Physical oceanography GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Biosphere >> Ecological Dynamics >> Extinction GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Climate Indicators >> Teleconnections >> El Nino Southern Oscillation GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Oceans >> Coastal Processes >> Sea Level Rise SVS >> Model Data SVS >> iPod SVS >> Science on a Sphere DEPC Metadata is available here. Science paper: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/earth_temp.html     Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Data provided by Robert B. Schmunk (NASA/GSFC GISS) Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: SVS Contact: Curator: