TY - JOUR
T1 - Warming Stripes Spark Climate Conversations
T2 - From the Ocean to the Stratosphere
AU - Hawkins, E.
AU - Williams, Richard G.
AU - Young, Paul J.
AU - Berardelli, Jeff
AU - Burgess, Samantha N.
AU - Highwood, Ellie
AU - Randel, William
AU - Roussenov, Vassil
AU - Smith, Doug
AU - Placky, Bernadette Woods
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Author(s).
PY - 2025/5
Y1 - 2025/5
N2 - The “warming stripes” are an iconic climate data visualization, adopted globally as a symbol of our warming world. We discuss their origin and uses for communication, including understanding long-term changes in the climate and consequences of future emission choices. We also extend the stripes concept to explore observed temperature variations throughout the climate system, revealing coherent warming for the troposphere and upper ocean and cooling in the stratosphere, consistent with our understanding of human influences on our climate.
AB - The “warming stripes” are an iconic climate data visualization, adopted globally as a symbol of our warming world. We discuss their origin and uses for communication, including understanding long-term changes in the climate and consequences of future emission choices. We also extend the stripes concept to explore observed temperature variations throughout the climate system, revealing coherent warming for the troposphere and upper ocean and cooling in the stratosphere, consistent with our understanding of human influences on our climate.
KW - Atmosphere
KW - Climate change
KW - Communications/ decision making
KW - Education
KW - Ocean
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105006706470
U2 - 10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0212.1
DO - 10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0212.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105006706470
SN - 0003-0007
VL - 106
SP - E964-E970
JO - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
JF - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
IS - 5
ER -