Earth’s surface heating up: NASA study
CONTEXT:
- Satellite measurements by NASA researchers have verified the groundbased data which shows the Earth’s surface has been warming globallyover the past 15 years.
- The team used measurements of the ‘skin’ temperature of the Earth takenby a satellite-based infrared measurement system called AIRS from 2003to 2017.
- The study was published in the journal Environmental ResearchLetters.