Last year saw a number of alarming climate events, from a jump in “superstorms” to a rapidly greening Arctic. Now, all the strange and significant climate events of last year have been gathered together on one map.
https://gizmodo.com/welcome-to-the-age-of-the-superstorm-1460773814
https://gizmodo.com/welcome-to-the-new-green-arctic-1482162380
The National Climatic Data Center put together this map of the biggest climate events and anomalies to hit in 2013, the fourth warmest year on record. It includes large-scale droughts, powerful tropical storms, the melting of large swaths of sea ice, and some of the most dangerous cyclone seasons recorded.
Top image: Typhoon Haiyan / NASA Goddard Photo and Video; Map: The National Climatic Data Center/NOAA.
