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Title: Climate Change is Spiraling Out of Control
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Gizmodo
URL Source: http://gizmodo.com/one-of-the-most- ... hange-visualization-1775743779
Published: May 12, 2016
Author: Ria Misra
Post Date: 2016-05-12 10:28:35 by Willie Green
Keywords: None
Views: 1916
Comments: 7
But we had so much snow this winter! But it’s only a couple degrees! But the temperature in my hometown feels fine! We’ve heard it all from climate change deniers. This elegant visualization sets the record straight. The data supporting climate change is undeniable; we live in a hot world that’s getting hotter. And yet, even though that change is easy to document, it’s sometimes hard to get people to really see the overall climate trend when they’re thinking mostly about the weather they are personally experiencing. That’s why this mesmerizing new graph from climate scientist Ed Hawkins of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading gives such an excellent overview of what’s really going on. In the graph, Hawkins charts out every month’s temperature change since the 1850s into an outward expanding spirograph of climate data. Hawkins was also one of the contributing authors to the IPCC’s 5th climate assessment, which was full of plenty of alarming climate graphics and predictions of its own. This new presentation of that same climate data, though, lets the noise of tiny variations fade into the background while still showcasing, very simply, the undeniable trend. “I think there is lots to see—variations from month to month and decade to decade,” Hawkins told Gizmodo. “I wanted to try and visualize the changes we have seen in different ways to learn about how we might improve our communication. The spiral appeared to present the information in an appealing and straightforward way. The pace of change is immediately obvious, especially over the past few decades. The relationship between current global temperatures and the internationally discussed target limits are also clear without much complex interpretation needed.” 
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#1. To: Willie Green (#0)
Where did he get worldwide temperature data from, say, 1850 to 1950?
He pulled them from his ass.
Must have a big ass, since that was worldwide monthly data for 100 years. And precise, too -- looks like to 1/100th of a degree.
#6. To: misterwhite, Logsplitter (#4)
You are either delusional or ignorant or a shill. The basis and locations of where temperature data is taken, recorded AND reported has majorly changed over the 100 year period. And this is especially so since the Climate Change demagogue morons started relocating measureming points and FUDGING data over the past 30 years or so to spots that...........wait for it..................are notably, demonstrably hot spots (e.g. - from shade to full sunlight, nearer to exhaust sources than previous) simply to record higher temperatures than previously for that location. Oh, BTW, what happened to the coming Ice Age that was predicted by many of these same morons in 1975? Oh, yeah, and the lack of global warming for the past 15 years or so? Yes, little Virginia, the world's climate is changing as it has since the beginning of the planet and will to its end. I am still waiting for you Climate Change Chicken Littles to explain what caused the global warming that ended each and every one of the numerous Ice Ages experienced on the planet long before man was ever around, Perhaps you might learn something if you really wanted to.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"In the graph, Hawkins charts out every month’s temperature change since the 1850s into"
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#4. To: Logsplitter (#3)
"He pulled them from his ass."
Replies to Comment # 4. Must have a big ass, since that was worldwide monthly data for 100 years. And precise, too -- looks like to 1/100th of a degree.
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