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(background) Image of Earth on August 18, 2021, captured by NOAA's GOES-West satellite. (graph) Annual surface temperature from 1880-2021 compared to the 1991-2020 average from 6 different data sources. Global temperature has risen nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius) since the pre-industrial era. NOAA Climate.gov image, adapted from Figure 2.1a in State of the Climate in 2021. GOES image by NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab.