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Ask MIT Climate

Taking Earth’s temperature

Feb 26, 2026 · 14m

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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.