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EPISODE · Feb 26, 2026 · 14 MIN

Taking Earth’s temperature

from Ask MIT Climate · host Madison Goldberg, Samantha Burgess

The past three years have been the three hottest humanity has ever measured. But who does the measuring, and how? Dr. Samantha Burgess, of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, joins the show to explain how we know the temperature of the Earth, and how a global community of scientists works together to keep tabs on the health of our planet. For show notes and more resources, visit https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/e3-taking-earths-temperature Credits Aaron Krol, Writer and Executive Producer Madison Goldberg, Host and Associate Producer Dave Lishansky, Editor and Producer Michelle Harris, Fact-checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions License: CC-BY-NC-SA. View the license terms at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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