The planet right now
Drag the map, switch on earthquakes, fires and rivers, and scrub the charts of carbon dioxide and sea ice.
0 viewsCarbon dioxide at Mauna Loa was 425.89 parts per million on 2026-10-04.
Questions people ask
Is the carbon dioxide number from today?
It is the latest daily average from the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, published by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The most recent days are still being checked, so they can be revised a little.
Why does sea ice shrink and grow every year?
It melts through the warm months and freezes through the cold ones, so the chart is a wave. What has changed is how low the wave goes at the end of summer, especially in the Arctic.
What does a river's gage height mean?
It is how high the water is on that river's own ruler, in feet. A higher number is not automatically a flood: each river has its own scale. The chart shows whether it has been rising this week.
Carbon dioxide: NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory. Sea ice: National Snow and Ice Data Center and NOAA. Earthquakes and rivers: US Geological Survey. Fires: NASA EONET.