Quick Bite: You're Getting Warmer...

Looking at how global temperatures have changed over time can give us valuable insight into our planet's health. Show your students this animation of global temperature anomalies between 1880-2017. Make sure students know that this is not showing absolute temperatures, but rather how temperatures around the globe at different times in the past compare to the average temperature between 1951-1980 (warmer colors = hotter than average; cooler colors = cooler than average). Discuss as a class: What do you see? What do you notice? What is going on in the Arctic specifically?

Learn more about changing global temperatures

What is Arctic Amplification?