The North Pole is warmer than much of Europe right now. pic.twitter.com/7hWpF0EysY

— Robert Rohde (@rarohde) February 26, 2018

Scientists are waiting to see how much this heat wave will affect sea ice. The winter sea ice maximum extent has been shrinking and has hit record lows each of the past three years. Sea ice is already at record lows or near-record lows in several areas of the Arctic. pic.twitter.com/CKAsbkMjXQ

— NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) February 28, 2018

Earth's average temperature since 1850 -- the most beautiful representation of a terrifying trend I've ever seen.

Image by the inimitable @ed_hawkins
Raw data and other visualizations: https://t.co/WZLJXRjvv6 pic.twitter.com/vuUPvASbsv

— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) May 25, 2018

BREAKING (yet again): Africa may have witnessed its all-time hottest temperature Thursday: 124 degrees in Algeria. This adds to a remarkable onslaught of all-time heat records set around the planet over the last 10 days: https://t.co/EtERaKLZqc

— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) July 6, 2018

It was above 90°F north of the Arctic Circle yesterday in northern Finland -- more than 30F warmer than a normal mid-July day.

We are rapidly changing the Earth's climate, and the Arctic is the most rapidly changing place on the planet. https://t.co/5OcORdGuLB

— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) July 19, 2018

Death Valley, the hottest location in the nation and the world, just had its hottest month ever recorded - for the second straight year. 21 days w/ highs 120+. Palm Springs, Calif. and Reno, Nev. also had their hottest month ever observed. Details: https://t.co/CViZEdBXIU

— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) August 1, 2018

(2nd LD) S. Korea logs highest-ever temperature of 40.3 C https://t.co/q8cVtKJ8qy

— Yonhap News Agency (@YonhapNews) August 1, 2018

Last night was the hottest night ever recorded in #Berlin

via @WetterOnline #heatwave #HeatWave2018 #Hitzewelle #Hitze #Hitzerekord pic.twitter.com/NFruv5aJId

— Gregor Kalinkat (@gkalinkat) August 1, 2018