Data sources

Eye on Earth relies entirely on data published by the world's scientific and statistical agencies. We are grateful for their open-data work. Primary sources by theme include:

Climate & atmosphere

• NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory — atmospheric CO₂ and methane.
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography — the Keeling Curve.
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO) — State of the Global Climate.
• Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) — global temperature.
• Global Carbon Project — emissions and carbon budgets.

Oceans & ice

• NASA Sea Level Change Portal / JPL — sea level.
• National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) — sea ice.
• World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) — glacier mass.
• Institute of Atmospheric Physics / NOAA NCEI — ocean heat content.

Energy

• Ember — global electricity.
• IRENA — renewable capacity.
• IEA — energy outlooks and electric vehicles.
• Energy Institute — Statistical Review of World Energy.

Nature & resources

• WRI / Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland data) — forest loss.
• WWF / Zoological Society of London — Living Planet Index.
• IUCN — Red List of Threatened Species.
• UN-Water / FAO AQUASTAT — freshwater.
• UNEP International Resource Panel — materials and waste.
• WHO / Health Effects Institute — air quality.

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