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A record-breaking year for the climate
EUMETSAT data play an important role in tracking the state of the climate
A recently published report making use of EUMETSAT data illuminates concerning trends.
Last Updated
26 September 2023
Published on
26 September 2023
The State of the Climate in 2022, published recently by the American Meteorological Society, reveals that many major indicators of climate change broke the previous year’s records. From sea level rise, to ocean heat, to glacier mass balance, to permafrost, 2022 was a record-breaking year for many key climate change indicators. This is a stark reminder that factors leading to a changing climate are determined by time horizons far longer than a single year and it will take a significant effort over a long period to slow current climate trends.
To read more about the main findings of this crucial report and delve deeper into the contribution EUMETSAT data made towards its findings, check out this case study.
Blunden, J., T. Boyer, and E. Bartow-Gillies, Eds., 2023: “State of the Climate in 2022”. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 104 (9), Si–S501 https://doi.org/10.1175/2023BAMSStateoftheClimate.1.
