An anomaly is something that occurs rarely; it is something that has characteristics very different from its surroundings. An anomaly is something circumscribed, limited, specific. It must be sought with constancy, attention, and care. An anomaly cannot be everywhere.

Whenever an anomaly becomes omnipresent, the concept of normality changes radically, which is how climate change has revealed itself to scientists.

For many decades, climate scientists have been engaged in an odyssey through time and space to try to understand the climate of our planet. They observe, collect, record, search, analyze, imagine. On every continent, in any country, in remote or crowded places, in ecosystems of every size and type, at different depths in the oceans, at different altitudes, on top of mountains, up to the outer space. They search. And they find. They find anomalies. Wherever a scientist has tried to understand the evolution of Earth's climate, whatever variable they analyzed, the result has been the same. An ubiquitous anomaly.

Observing the characteristics of the climate since humans began to extract and burn fossil fuels extensively, and comparing them with data from the past climate, scientists have observed unusual values in every variable, at any point on the globe.

To reconstruct past climate, paleoclimatologists have ventured into polar regions to analyze ice, into the depths of the oceans to study corals and sediments, into pristine forests to analyze ancient trees. In this way, they have been able to trace the evolution of the planet's climate over millions of years.

The present climate is monitored with a vast network of observatories scattered across the globe, at all latitudes and altitudes, using sophisticated instruments and space travels, engaging people of every race, belief, and culture.

The future climate is calculated and analyzed by powerful supercomputers, using archives of big data, cutting-edge algorithms and the expertise of the best scholars from every nation.

Putting together this enormous quantity and variety of variables, the result always bears the same truth.
A ubiquitous anomaly.

Through the often-unseen challenges and triumphs of scientific endeavor, “Ubiquitous Anomaly” reveals the essence of Earth’s climate and the urgency of climate change. A call to see, feel, and understand the monumental efforts behind the fight against climate change, making it an essential addition to any discussion on the future of our planet.