U.S. temperature increases will exceed the global warming average

Warming doesn’t happen evenly across the world. Scientists measure climate change by averaging temperatures across the planet, but U.S. temperature increases are expected to be higher than the global average increase. Temperature rises in parts of Alaska could be double the global average.

Increase in annual average temperature (°F)

Source: Data analysis and maps from the 2023 National Climate Assessment (Chapter 2, Figure 2.9). Annotations by NPR.

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