"It [is] a cold-water-over the head moment seeing the relentless tumble of records in so many climate variables year after year."
Humidity, surface temperature, wildfires—hear from #StateoftheClimate2024 editors at the UK @metoffice.gov.uk on major 2024 trends: bit.ly/45l2PUr
▶️ Der #BulletinAMS-Klimabericht 2024 ist jetzt verfügbar! Die Treibhausgaskonzentrationen der Erde erreichten den höchsten jemals gemessenen Wert und die Temperaturen weltweit waren bemerkenswert. Mehr erfahren: bit.ly/4mk41xk
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Geographical distribution of selected notable climate anomalies and events in 2024. (Fig. 1.1 in The State of the Climate in 2024.)
"From the deep ocean to stratosphere, from oak leaf onset to permafrost thickness, everything is telling the same story."
Hear from #StateoftheClimate2024 contributors about climate trends and extreme events across the world: bit.ly/45BmhLy
A privilege to have helped in putting this report together, working alongside fantastic colleagues from around the world to measure, describe and place in context what the climate was like in 2024. #StateoftheClimate #StateoftheClimate2024
The AMS #StateoftheClimate #StateoftheClimate2024 report is now available to read and download, also featuring contributions from EUMETSAT data! More below ⬇️
This figure shows the “global surface temperature difference from average from four different organizations”. The four datasets include: Berkeley, NASA, NOAA, and HadCRUT5, with Celsius temperature depicted on the left-hand side and Fahrenheit on the right-hand side. The background image is a hazy city skyline with a body of water in the foreground. Credit: NOAA NCEI and UK Met Office.
▶️ The 2024 #BulletinAMS State of the Climate Assessment is now available! Earth’s greenhouse gas concentrations were the highest on record and record temperatures were notable across the globe. Learn more: bit.ly/4mk41xk
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The background is a photo taken on September 29, 2024, two days after Hurricane Helene; the image shows the receding Swannanoa River along Highway 70 in Asheville, North Carolina. Overlaid text on the photo reads, “State of the Climate in 2024. Special Supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 106, No. 8, August 2025”. Photo credit: Deborah J. Misch, former Graphics team member for the BAMS State of the Climate.
▶️ UPDATE: The 2024 #BulletinAMS State of the Climate Assessment is now available! Check out the highlights in our press release: bit.ly/45tFO0g
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