Who publishes the data behind our dashboards, how they collect it, and where each source appears across the portfolio.
Who they areArmstrong McKay et al. (Science, 2022).
What they trackSixteen Earth-system tipping elements with temperature threshold brackets.
How they are fundedUniversity and national research grants (see paper).
How data is collectedFixed scientific reference table in our JSON — status computed vs live temperature.
Their perspectivePeer-reviewed thresholds — not operational early warning.
AttributionData © Armstrong McKay et al. 2022 — climate tipping elements; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areUK national oceanographic data centre (part of NOC).
What they trackArchives and publishes the official RAPID annual transport time series used on this dashboard.
How they are fundedNERC.
How data is collectedQuality-controlled releases of array data; updates when the RAPID team publishes a new version.
Their perspectiveAuthoritative archive for the numbers shown in the RAPID chart and KPI.
AttributionBODC doi:10.5285/04c79ece-3186-349a-e063-6c86abc0158c (check rapid.ac.uk for the current release).
Who they areWorld Resources Institute.
What they trackCountry greenhouse-gas inventories and sector charts for policy analysis.
How they are fundedWorld Resources Institute and philanthropic partners.
How data is collectedAPI/CSV downloads for agriculture and energy slices used on this dashboard.
Their perspectiveCompilation of national inventories — inherits self-reporting biases.
AttributionData © Climate Watch (WRI CAIT); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areColorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science.
What they trackSeasonal Atlantic hurricane activity forecasts (named storms, hurricanes, major hurricanes).
How they are fundedUniversity research programs and supporting sponsors (see CSU releases).
How data is collectedPublished outlook PDFs and tables; we transcribe headline numbers when the seasonal forecast updates.
Their perspectiveSeasonal forecast — skill varies year to year; not an official government warning.
AttributionData © CSU Tropical Weather & Climate Research; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areEuropean Commission Directorate-General for Climate Action.
What they trackLegal cap, linear reduction factor, and policy parameters for EU ETS Phase IV.
How they are fundedEU budget.
How data is collectedPublished EU law and Commission factsheets — hard-coded until policy updates.
Their perspectiveAuthoritative regulatory source — describes the system, not live market prices.
AttributionData © European Commission DG CLIMA — EU ETS; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areEuropean Commission Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union.
What they trackCBAM implementation timeline and covered sectors.
How they are fundedEU budget.
How data is collectedOfficial policy pages — static milestones on this dashboard.
Their perspectiveTrade and customs policy — extends EU carbon pricing to selected imported goods.
AttributionData © European Commission DG TAXUD — Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre.
What they trackGlobal anthropogenic emissions by sector and country.
How they are fundedEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre.
How data is collectedVersioned gridded releases — reference comparison for agriculture totals.
Their perspectiveGridded emissions inventory — modelled estimates, revised between versions.
AttributionData © EDGAR — Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areEuropean Energy Exchange.
What they trackPrimary-market auction results for EU Emissions Allowances.
How they are fundedExchange-operated commercial market infrastructure.
How data is collectedPublished auction tables — reference context; live price uses CO2.L proxy.
Their perspectiveSupply-side institutional context — complements the price proxy, not a substitute for it.
AttributionData © EEX — EU ETS primary auctions; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areCurated list maintained on this dashboard from published ENSO science summaries.
What they trackHistorical super El Niño context and milestone events for reader orientation.
How they are fundedAcademic and government research programs underlying each cited study.
How data is collectedStatic reference table in our JSON — not a live literature API.
Their perspectiveEducational context — not real-time science news.
AttributionData © ENSO peer literature (curated references); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What they trackOfficial national forest area and deforestation reporting cycles.
How they are fundedFAO regular budget and member-state contributions.
How data is collectedFRA tables on multi-year cadence — slower than satellite annual loss.
Their perspectiveMulti-year national reporting cycle — slower than satellite annual loss.
AttributionData © FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What they trackCrop production shortfalls, food security alerts, and country briefs.
How they are fundedFAO regular budget and donor contributions.
How data is collectedRSS and published briefs fetched on refresh.
Their perspectiveEarly-warning synthesis — qualitative hotspot flags, not a quantitative crop sensor.
AttributionData © FAO GIEWS — Global Information and Early Warning System; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What they trackGreenhouse-gas emissions from livestock supply chains by species and region.
How they are fundedFAO regular budget and member-state contributions.
How data is collectedGLEAM model outputs and reports — infrequent updates baked into reference JSON.
Their perspectiveModelled supply-chain emissions — infrequently updated reference, not a live inventory.
AttributionData © FAO GLEAM — Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What they trackNational agricultural emissions statistics reported to FAOSTAT.
How they are fundedFAO regular budget and member-state contributions.
How data is collectedBulk data downloads on refresh schedule — country tables for livestock and crops.
Their perspectiveSelf-reported national statistics — useful totals, but reporting lags and gaps exist.
AttributionData © FAOSTAT — Emissions (agriculture); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areWorld Resources Institute and partners.
What they trackNear-real-time tree-cover loss alerts and country dashboards.
How they are fundedWorld Resources Institute and partner donors.
How data is collectedReference links and alert context — primary charts may use OWID/Hansen compilations.
Their perspectiveNear-real-time alerts and dashboards — compiles multiple satellite products.
AttributionData © Global Forest Watch; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areUS–EU-led international initiative with UN Environment Programme support.
What they trackTracks national signatories to voluntary methane reduction commitments.
How they are fundedUS–EU initiative with UN Environment Programme support.
How data is collectedOfficial signatory list — updated when participants join or report progress.
Their perspectiveVoluntary political commitment tracker — signatures, not verified reductions.
AttributionData © Global Methane Pledge; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areGlobal Tipping Points Initiative (Lenton et al.).
What they trackPolicy-oriented synthesis on interacting climate tipping risks.
How they are fundedResearch and philanthropic partners (see report).
How data is collectedPublished report excerpts used for reader context cards.
Their perspectiveScience communication and policy relevance, not a data feed.
AttributionData © Global Tipping Points Report (2023); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areInternational GLODAP consortium.
What they trackQuality-controlled ocean interior carbon chemistry from research cruises.
How they are fundedNational science agencies of contributing countries.
How data is collectedPeriodic synthesis releases — not a daily sensor feed.
Their perspectiveObservational synthesis — ground truth for how much surface pH has already shifted.
AttributionData © GLODAP — ocean carbon synthesis; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areGOA-ON international partnership.
What they trackCoordinates ocean acidification monitoring sites and metadata globally.
How they are fundedNational and international ocean-research agencies of member countries.
How data is collectedNetwork registry and partner data — coverage varies by region.
Their perspectiveObservational network context — shows where sustained OA measurements exist and where gaps remain.
AttributionData © Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areGoogle News aggregation (headline links only).
What they trackRecent news headlines matching dashboard search terms — awareness, not measurement.
How they are fundedCommercial service; free RSS tier.
How data is collectedRSS search URLs fetched daily; we do not republish full articles.
Their perspectiveMedia headlines — subject to outlet selection bias.
AttributionData © Google News RSS; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areInternational permafrost monitoring consortium.
What they trackActive-layer thickness and ground temperature from borehole sites.
How they are fundedNational agencies and research institutions operating member sites.
How data is collectedSnapshot statistics compiled into reference JSON — not a live borehole API here.
Their perspectivePoint observations that ground-truth regional summaries; coverage gaps in some regions.
AttributionData © GTN-P — Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areUniversity of Maryland GLAD lab.
What they trackSatellite-based annual forest cover loss at 30 m resolution.
How they are fundedNASA, USGS, and University of Maryland research programs.
How data is collectedUnderlying science for global loss maps; OWID compiles regional totals we display.
Their perspectiveSatellite tree-cover loss — counts canopy loss, not all land-use change.
AttributionData © Hansen / UMD Global Forest Change; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areCurated references on this dashboard from WHO and peer literature.
What they trackHealth and mortality context for extreme heat — not live epidemiology.
How they are fundedVaries by study; World Weather Attribution is an international research collaboration.
How data is collectedStatic reference list in JSON.
Their perspectiveEducational context.
AttributionData © Heatwave impact studies (curated); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areAustralian research consortium (Hobday et al.).
What they trackDefines marine heatwave categories (moderate → extreme) from SST anomalies.
How they are fundedAcademic and government research programs (no single funder).
How data is collectedPublished methodology used to classify CRW anomalies on this dashboard.
Their perspectiveScientific definition — not a data publisher.
AttributionData © Hobday et al. marine heatwave framework; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areInternational Carbon Action Partnership.
What they trackComparative carbon allowance prices across global ETS jurisdictions.
How they are fundedPartnership of national and subnational governments; public knowledge product.
How data is collectedPublished tables and charts — cross-market context for EU prices.
Their perspectiveComparative policy reference — currencies and sector coverage differ by system.
AttributionData © ICAP Allowance Price Explorer; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areInternational ice-sheet science consortium.
What they trackConsensus ice-sheet mass balance for Greenland and Antarctica.
How they are fundedUK NERC, ESA, NASA, and partner agencies behind contributing studies.
How data is collectedPublished assessment tables — updated when IMBIE releases a new synthesis.
Their perspectiveIce-sheet contribution to sea level — slower to update than altimetry but essential for the “why” behind rise.
AttributionData © Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (IMBIE); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — consensus assessments written by expert authors from member governments.
What they trackSynthesizes global evidence on oceans, cryosphere, and climate change — we paraphrase one line on AMOC for reader context.
How they are fundedContributions from IPCC member governments; volunteer scientific labour.
How data is collectedPeer-reviewed literature synthesis, not a sensor network — the summary line on this dashboard is static text aligned with Chapter 9.
Their perspectivePolicy-relevant scientific consensus; confidence statements differ from any single mooring record.
AttributionIPCC AR6 WGI; cite the full report for official wording.
Who they areIPCC AR6 WGI with NASA Sea Level Change hosting.
What they trackRegional sea-level rise projections to 2050 used for coastal risk context.
How they are fundedIPCC member governments; NASA tool hosting.
How data is collectedStatic projection parameters aligned with IPCC AR6 — not live tide-gauge data.
Their perspectiveModel-based projection for planning context.
AttributionData © IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
What they trackMitigation pathways and sectoral emissions context including agriculture.
How they are fundedContributions from IPCC member governments; volunteer author labour.
How data is collectedConsensus report synthesis — static summary lines where cited.
Their perspectivePolicy-relevant consensus synthesis, not a measurement feed.
AttributionData © IPCC AR6 Working Group III — Mitigation; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
What they trackOpen feed of natural events including wildfires, aggregated from official fire agencies.
How they are fundedNASA Earth science programs.
How data is collectedPublic v3 events API (wildfires category) polled daily.
Their perspectiveAggregates official agency fire reports — event-level, not raw satellite pixels.
AttributionData © NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
What they trackGlobal surface temperature anomaly time series from weather stations and ocean data.
How they are fundedNASA Earth science programs.
How data is collectedPublic monthly CSV downloaded on refresh; baseline offset applied locally for 1.5 °C framing.
Their perspectiveObservational temperature record — not a tipping model; updates when NASA posts a new month.
AttributionData © NASA GISS GISTEMP v4; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and partners.
What they trackSea-level science portal, tools, and context for satellite and projection products.
How they are fundedNASA Earth science programs.
How data is collectedReference pages and tools; some series mirrored for reader cross-checks.
Their perspectiveScience communication and planning tools — not a replacement for NOAA's operational GMSL file.
AttributionData © NASA Sea Level Change; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
What they trackHow much heat the oceans have absorbed (0–700 m and 0–2000 m) from the 1950s onward.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedPublic .dat files downloaded on each fetch; annual and 3-monthly basin series.
Their perspectiveObservational climate record — one value per calendar year; new years appear when NOAA publishes the next update.
AttributionData © NOAA NCEI Global Ocean Heat Content; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Arctic Research Program.
What they trackAnnual peer-reviewed synthesis of Arctic climate indicators including permafrost.
How they are fundedUS federal research programs (NOAA Arctic Research Program).
How data is collectedPublished chapter tables — updated once per year.
Their perspectiveAnnual expert synthesis snapshot, not a daily gridded permafrost product.
AttributionData © NOAA Arctic Report Card; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA NCEI Climate Monitoring branch.
What they trackGlobal land and ocean temperature anomalies for heatwave context.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedPublic time-series endpoint downloaded on refresh.
Their perspectiveGlobal context for warming — complements but does not replace local heatwave station alerts.
AttributionData © NOAA Climate at a Glance — global time series; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services.
What they trackCoastal water-level observations and predictions for US tide gauges.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedCO-OPS Data API and published annual high-tide-flooding statistics; we poll on daily refresh.
Their perspectiveObservational coastal monitoring; authoritative for US tides but not global surge warnings.
AttributionData © NOAA Tides & Currents (CO-OPS); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Climate Prediction Center (US federal).
What they trackSeasonal outlooks and climate indices for ENSO, hurricanes, and drought monitoring.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedMix of monthly indices and outlook products; we use whichever public files each dashboard fetcher downloads.
Their perspectiveForecast and climatology guidance — separate from observed best-track totals.
AttributionData © NOAA Climate Prediction Center; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Climate Prediction Center (US federal).
What they trackOfficial three-month running average of central-equatorial Pacific sea-surface temperature used to declare El Niño and La Niña.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedPublished as a public text table updated about monthly; we download and store each month.
Their perspectiveSmoothed observational index used for official ENSO monitoring and seasonal outlooks.
AttributionData © NOAA Climate Prediction Center — Oceanic Niño Index (ONI); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Climate Prediction Center.
What they trackCompares surface air pressure between Tahiti and Darwin — the atmospheric side of ENSO.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedMonthly standardized index from a public file; updates when CPC posts a new month.
Their perspectiveAtmospheric coupling diagnostic — negative values support El Niño, positive support La Niña.
AttributionData © NOAA CPC — Southern Oscillation Index (SOI); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Climate Prediction Center.
What they trackMonthly sea-surface temperature anomalies for Niño 1+2, 3, 3.4, and 4 boxes along the equator.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedPublic monthly text file; we download on refresh and compute phase context locally.
Their perspectiveMonthly snapshots — faster-moving than the ONI and used here for regional flavour and the raw Niño 3.4 reading.
AttributionData © NOAA CPC — Niño region SST indices (sstoi.indices); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Coral Reef Watch (US federal reef thermal-stress program).
What they trackDaily sea-surface temperature and anomaly at reef and open-ocean virtual stations.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedPublic virtual-station files downloaded daily; MHW categories computed locally.
Their perspectiveReef and coastal thermal stress — point stations, not a global gridded marine-heatwave field.
AttributionData © NOAA Coral Reef Watch — Virtual Stations; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (US federal).
What they trackAtmospheric greenhouse-gas and related geochemical measurements.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedPublic trend pages and text files (CO₂, CH₄, etc.) downloaded on refresh.
Their perspectiveGold-standard atmospheric composition record; downstream ocean-pH and permafrost signals are derived from it, not measured directly.
AttributionData © NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory.
What they trackGlobally averaged atmospheric methane concentration and growth rate.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedMonthly mean file (ch4_mm_gl.txt) downloaded on each fetch.
Their perspectiveGlobally averaged atmospheric methane — an indirect budget proxy, not a livestock or permafrost flux meter.
AttributionData © NOAA GML — global methane trend; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS).
What they trackAnnual counts of nuisance (sunny-day) flooding days at US tide stations.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedPublished outlook tables and station metadata; downloaded when NOAA updates the product.
Their perspectiveChronic flood-frequency trend, complementary to any single storm event.
AttributionData © NOAA High Tide Flooding Annual Outlook; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
What they trackDaily maximum temperature at thousands of weather stations worldwide.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedAccess API for a fixed US station set on this dashboard; US-only live coverage.
Their perspectiveStation-level observations — US network only on this dashboard.
AttributionData © NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA National Hurricane Center (US federal).
What they trackOfficial Atlantic tropical cyclone best-track archive (positions, intensity, ACE inputs).
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedPublic HURDAT2 files downloaded on refresh; seasonal outlook text from CPC where wired.
Their perspectiveObservational best estimate after the fact — not real-time warnings for active storms.
AttributionData © NOAA National Hurricane Center — HURDAT2; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA / NSIDC data distribution.
What they trackMachine-readable daily extent files backing the Sea Ice Index products.
How they are fundedUS federal cryosphere programs (NOAA / NASA).
How data is collectedDirect file download on each fetch — not a map tile API.
Their perspectiveDistribution channel for the same NSIDC product — not a separate measurement.
AttributionData © NOAA-hosted NSIDC G02135 daily extent files; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Ocean Acidification Program.
What they trackUS ocean acidification monitoring network and educational resources.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedPublished station lists and status pages; some time series via partner portals.
Their perspectiveCoastal and biological-risk context — where acidification affects fisheries and shellfish operators first.
AttributionData © NOAA Ocean Acidification Program; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areNOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory (US federal research lab).
What they trackA long-running index of North Atlantic sea-surface temperature versus a baseline — used here as a fingerprint of the “cold blob” pattern linked to AMOC variability in the literature.
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedCompiled from historical SST analyses; we download NOAA’s public text file on each refresh (not a live satellite tile feed).
Their perspectiveA temperature pattern proxy, not a direct flow measurement — useful context alongside RAPID Sverdrups.
AttributionNOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory; AMV index documentation at psl.noaa.gov.
Who they areNOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research.
What they trackGlobal mean sea level from satellite altimetry (Topex/Jason/Sentinel stitched).
How they are fundedUS Department of Commerce / NOAA.
How data is collectedPublic time-series file downloaded on refresh.
Their perspectiveOpen-ocean height — not coastal relative sea level at a tide gauge.
AttributionData © NOAA STAR Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry — sea level; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areUS National Snow and Ice Data Center (NOAA cooperative).
What they trackDaily and monthly Arctic and Antarctic sea-ice extent from passive-microwave satellites since 1979.
How they are fundedNASA, NOAA, and NSIDC operational support.
How data is collectedPublic CSV downloads hosted via NOAA; we refresh daily and compute anomalies vs 1981–2010 climatology.
Their perspectiveObservational benchmark for polar ice area — not a forecast.
AttributionData © NSIDC Sea Ice Index v4; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areOurResearch (non-profit) maintaining an open catalog of scholarly works.
What they trackBibliographic metadata for peer-reviewed papers — we search for recent AMOC, overturning, and cold-blob titles.
How they are fundedPhilanthropic and institutional support; free API tier for research and public tools.
How data is collectedAggregates publisher and repository metadata; our fetcher queries the works API and filters for relevance.
Their perspectiveLiterature awareness, not a climate measurement — shows what researchers are publishing, not live ocean conditions.
AttributionOpenAlex.org; individual papers retain their publisher DOIs.
Who they areInternational partnership (US, UK, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, and others) monitoring overturning farther north than RAPID.
What they trackEstimates subpolar North Atlantic overturning — complementary to RAPID because AMOC strength can differ by latitude.
How they are fundedNSF, NERC, and national science agencies of partner countries.
How data is collectedMooring lines and gliders across the Labrador Sea and eastern subpolar gyre; published multi-year means updated when new analysis products ship.
Their perspectiveObservational benchmark for the high-latitude limb of the AMOC, where deep water forms.
AttributionOSNAP data products; see o-snap.org for citation guidance.
Who they areGlobal Change Data Lab / University of Oxford.
What they trackOpen charts and datasets on food, emissions, and environmental impacts.
How they are fundedGlobal Change Data Lab (non-profit) and University of Oxford support.
How data is collectedCompiled CSVs and charts — we download selected series on refresh.
Their perspectiveCompiled data — trace OWID citations back to the primary source.
AttributionData © Our World in Data; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they arePoore & Nemecek (Science, 2018).
What they trackMeta-analysis of food-product greenhouse-gas footprints across supply chains.
How they are fundedAcademic research programs behind the 2018 Science study.
How data is collectedPublished paper tables used as reference benchmarks on this dashboard.
Their perspectiveAcademic meta-analysis — not a live inventory.
AttributionData © Poore & Nemecek 2018 — food LCA meta-analysis; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areUK National Oceanography Centre-hosted global archive.
What they trackLong tide-gauge records at coastal stations worldwide.
How they are fundedInternational associations and national agencies contributing gauge data.
How data is collectedStation metadata and annual mean files where wired; sparse coverage in many regions.
Their perspectiveLocal relative sea level (ocean + land motion) — the number that matters for flooding at a harbour.
AttributionData © Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areUK–US research consortium (NOC, University of Miami, and partners) operating the 26.5°N mooring array in the North Atlantic.
What they trackMeasures how much water the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) moves northward at 26.5°N — the longest continuous direct observation of overturning strength.
How they are fundedUK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), US National Science Foundation (NSF), and collaborating institutions.
How data is collectedUnderwater moorings record temperature, salinity, and currents year-round; annual means are published via the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC).
Their perspectiveObservational — not a forecast. Scientists use RAPID to test whether models and climate assessments match what the ocean is actually doing.
AttributionData © RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS; cite the BODC release when reproducing annual transport values.
Who they areInternational SOCAT community.
What they trackSurface ocean CO₂ observations from ships and moorings worldwide.
How they are fundedNational and EU ocean-carbon research programs.
How data is collectedVersioned database releases used for context charts.
Their perspectiveObservational atlas — supports the empirical CO₂–pH relationship used in modelled series.
AttributionData © SOCAT — Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areSparkChange (asset manager).
What they trackExchange-traded product holding physical EU Allowances as backing for CO2.L.
How they are fundedPrivate issuer; product fees borne by investors.
How data is collectedIssuer factsheets and NAV methodology — price via Yahoo on this dashboard.
Their perspectiveInvestable proxy for EUA — useful where exchange-licensed EUA feeds are paywalled.
AttributionData © SparkChange Physical Carbon EUA ETC; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areUK Met Office (national weather service).
What they trackGovernment seasonal outlook for North Atlantic tropical cyclone activity.
How they are fundedUK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology / Met Office.
How data is collectedPublished press/product pages; refreshed when UKMO issues a new seasonal forecast.
Their perspectiveSeasonal forecast for planning — complements NOAA and CSU outlooks.
AttributionData © UK Met Office — North Atlantic tropical storm forecast; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areUS National Drought Mitigation Center / USDA / NOAA partnership.
What they trackWeekly map of drought categories (D0–D4) for the United States and territories.
How they are fundedUSDA, NOAA, and the National Drought Mitigation Center.
How data is collectedPublic GeoJSON/API download on refresh — US-focused, not global.
Their perspectiveWeekly expert blend of indicators — US and territories only, not a global drought feed.
AttributionData © US Drought Monitor (University of Nebraska–Lincoln); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areThis portfolio — cross-reads JSON compiled by other tools in the same site.
What they trackImpact panels that pull the latest reading from coral, drought, marine heatwave, or tipping monitors.
How they are fundedMaintained as part of the Valuable Dashboards open portfolio (not a single federal dataset).
How data is collectedRead from locally built data/*.json after each tool's fetch run — only as current as that sibling's pipeline.
Their perspectiveSecondary context, not primary observation at this URL.
AttributionData © Valuable Dashboards — sibling monitor compiled data; cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areCurated on this dashboard from published fire-agency and news summaries.
What they trackLandmark wildfire seasons for reader context (Black Summer, Canada 2023, etc.).
How they are fundedCurated on this dashboard from published fire-agency and news summaries.
How data is collectedStatic reference JSON — not a live fire perimeter feed.
Their perspectiveHistorical context only.
AttributionData © Mega-fire seasons (curated reference); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.
Who they areYahoo Finance (market data aggregator).
What they trackEnd-of-day price proxy for EU Emissions Allowances via a London-listed ETC.
How they are fundedCommercial data service; public chart endpoint used without API keys.
How data is collectedPublic chart endpoint downloaded daily — indicative, not exchange live quotes.
Their perspectiveMarket price proxy — not official EUA auction results.
AttributionData © Yahoo Finance — CO2.L (SparkChange Physical Carbon EUA ETC); cite the upstream release when reproducing figures.