Sarah Kapnick, Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, answers a question during a news conference to discuss the latest global temperature data, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Sarah Kapnick, Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, speaks during a news conference to discuss the latest global temperature data, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

A graphic showing land and ocean temperature percentiles from July 2023 is seen on a monitor as Sarah Kapnick, Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrator (NOAA), speaks during a news conference to discuss the latest global temperature data, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Press Secretary Jackie McGuinness, left, Kate Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist and senior climate advisor, second from left, Carlos Del Castillo, chief of the Ocean Ecology Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, second from right, and Sarah Kapnick, Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), right, are seen during a news conference to discuss the latest global temperature data, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)