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Earth & Climate.
Every published Limits Registry record classified in Earth & Climate.
5 published records5 open
Highest verified near-surface air temperature
OPEN · Jan 1, 2024 · Weather extremes→LR-004211The WMO archive recognizes 56.7 °C at Furnace Creek, California, on 10 July 1913 as the highest verified air temperature.
Largest instrumentally recorded earthquake magnitude
OPEN · Jan 1, 2024 · Seismology→LR-004212The 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile is rated Mw 9.5, the largest instrumentally recorded earthquake.
Deepest measured ocean point
OPEN · Jan 1, 2024 · Oceanography→LR-004213The Challenger Deep reaches approximately 10,935 m below mean sea level in the Mariana Trench.
Atmospheric carbon-dioxide concentration frontier
OPEN · Jan 1, 2024 · Atmospheric composition→LR-004214Global atmospheric CO₂ concentration has exceeded 420 ppm in the modern instrumental record and continues to vary with season and year.
Global mean sea-level rise rate
OPEN · Jan 1, 2024 · Cryosphere and sea level→Satellite-era observations report a global mean sea-level rise rate of several millimetres per year, with the estimate depending on the time window.