Zack Labe

Looking for polar climate visualizations? Start here: 📈📉 + Arctic sea-ice extent: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice… + Arctic sea-ice thickness/volume: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice… + Arctic temperatures: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempera… + Antarctic sea ice: zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-…

The video player here includes options to slow down or speed up the animation, pause, enlarge the display, and download it. Hopefully this makes it easier to explore compared to my traditional GIF-style animation.

I swear I really do listen to all of your comments (good & bad), and this new blog features a data viz many of you requested. In my latest entry, I share an animation of temperature departures by latitude for every month from 1950 to 2025. Check it out! zacklabe.com/climate-viz-of…

@larry79115 Linked above! :)

@ZLabe On the Tweet video. I should find the website.

@larry79115 On the website video?

@ZLabe The Make It Go button doesn't work.

We have a new book chapter out: doi.org/10.1201/978100…. Here, we overview how extreme event attribution assessments & improved decadal prediction can support resilience planning & decision-making around climate risks. If you are interested in it, don't hesitate to reach out 🙂

Slowly but surely, I am adding more metrics for monitoring the Relative Oceanic Niño Index (RONI) on my climate indicators page (monthly): zacklabe.com/climate-change…. It could be quite a year for El Niño 😬

"The world is on track for 'extraordinary extreme weather' later this year, scientists have warned." via @MSN at msn.com/en-gb/weather/…

"As spring arrives 10 days earlier on average than four decades ago, growers pay the price with total crop losses." via @farmdaily at farmprogress.com/orchard-crops/…

This coming El Niño could be a monster. Will it bring epic rain to California this winter? latimes.com/california/sto…

@DavidSommers5 Glad it's helpful! :)

@ZLabe Thank you for posting this link.

In case you missed our latest climate science briefing, check out the recording from today: youtube.com/watch?v=rNYSgG… After overviewing the latest global statistics, we did a deep dive on the newest data around drought conditions and the growing likelihood of a strong El Niño.

I just added a new graphical timeline of our rapidly changing planet (through 2025)... This high-resolution visualization is now permanently featured at the very bottom of my climate change indicators webpage. ➡️ Check it out here: zacklabe.com/climate-change…

@larry79115 Well thank you! Much appreciated 😀

@ZLabe Have I ever said thanks for all the work you've done? I hope you understand Swiss, when I say Merci Beaucoup.

Looking for polar climate visualizations? Start here: 📈📉 + Arctic sea-ice extent: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice… + Arctic sea-ice thickness/volume: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice… + Arctic temperatures: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempera… + Antarctic sea ice: zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-…

Two new studies reveal the complex ways in which the ocean and atmosphere are interacting with Antarctic ice, potentially spurring even more melting. bit.ly/4dc1zXl

The data comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Mauna Loa Observatory, which may soon be shut down due to proposed government budget cuts spklr.io/6013Ez8Fv

Join #ClimateCentral for the next Monthly Climate Brief! We’ll explore the latest climate trends – including updated El Niño forecasts and long-term snow drought impacts. 📅Thursday, May 14, 2026 ⏰12 PM ET / 9 AM PT Register ➡️ climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

@VaerTorsten @extremetemps @Arab_Storms @capitalweather Ah, thank you for flagging this!

Arctic heat: The Island Jan Mayen, 70.58N, obs. since 1921, has for the second month in a row set a new record in highest medium temperature. April 0.9C +3.0C normal temp. March -0.6C +3.1C normal temp. @extremetemps @Arab_Storms @capitalweather @ZLabe

@JSchripsema Unfortunately I don't have that particular graphic with the two variables on the same axes.

@ZLabe Can you extend this graph out to 2080 or 2100 or so, assuming no major changes in Western policy?

What questions do you have about the current state of the global climate system? Join my next webinar in about two weeks and bring them along! ➡️ Register here: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist… (a recording is provided afterwards to everyone who signs up) #SciComm #OpenScience #DataViz