<div dir="ltr">Former Goddard Institute for Space Studies director James Hansen and current director Gavin Schmidt are both listed as co-authors of this article:<div>-------------------------------------------------</div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div><div>-------------------------------------------------</div><div><div><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2019/20190206_Temperature2018.pdf">http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2019/20190206_Temperature2018.pdf</a> <br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Global Temperature in 2018 and Beyond </div><div><br></div><div>06 February 2019 </div><div><br></div><div>James Hansena
, Makiko Satoa
, Reto Ruedyb,c Gavin A. Schmidtc
, Ken Lob,c </div><div><br></div><div>Abstract. Global surface temperature in 2018 was the 4th highest in the period of instrumental
measurements in the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) analysis. The 2018 global
temperature was +1.1°C (~2°F) warmer than in the 1880-1920 base period; we take that base
period as an estimate of ‘pre-industrial’ temperature. The four warmest years in the GISS record
all occur in the past four years, and the 10 warmest years are all in the 21st century. We also
discuss the prospects for near-term global temperature change. <br></div></div>