Taking Earth’s temperature

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 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

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Taking Earth’s temperature is an episode from TILclimate by MIT Climate Project.

This episode is 00:14:28 long.

This episode was published on Feb 26, 2026.

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