﻿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 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. Tomorrow's picture: meteor mediterranean __________________________________________________________________ [19]< | [20]Archive | [21]Submissions | [22]Index | [23]Search | [24]Calendar | [25]RSS | [26]Education | [27]About APOD | [28]Discuss | [29]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [30]Robert Nemiroff ([31]MTU) & [32]Jerry Bonnell ([33]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [34]Specific rights apply. [35]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [36]ASD at [37]NASA / [38]GSFC, [39]NASA Science Activation & [40]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACaPI2M4GyU?rel=0 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 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/ 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090421.html 16. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ws8MosQggVDs2RuK8Rs2oH-1200-80.jpg 17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_engineering 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220608.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220821.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 23. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 28. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220822 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220823.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 32. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 33. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 35. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 36. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/ 38. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 39. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 40. http://www.mtu.edu/