Earth Day affirmation: New satellite data confirms Earth is warming and possibly at a faster pace

Polar Bear on Arctic sea ice [Credit: AWeith - Wikimedia Commons]Just in time for Earth Day, new satellite data corroborates scientists' findings that the Earth is warming at an alarming pace. The new data, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite, corroborates findings from the Goddard Institute of Space Studies Surface Temperature Analysis that showed 2015, 2016, and 2017 were the...