Two key climate change indicators have broken numerous records through the first half of 2016, according to NASA analyses of ground-based observations and satellite data. Each of the first six months of 2016 set a record as the warmest respective month globally in the modern temperature record, which dates to 1880. Meanwhile, five of the first six months set records for the smallest monthly Arctic sea ice extent since consistent satellite records began in 1979. NASA researchers are in the field this summer, collecting data to better understand our changing climate. Read more: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/climate-trends-continue-to-break-records Download this video at: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12306 Music: Hidden Files by Sam Dodson If you like this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/goddardtv Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Matthew Radcliff This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12306 Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC Twitter: twitter.com/NASAGoddard twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/nasagoddard/ Google+: plus.google.com/+NASAGoddard/posts

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