Data visualization - 166 years of global warming

[GliderGuider]

As you watch the spiral unwind, keep in mind that the baseline being used is 1950-1980. To get the divergence from the 1880 temperature used as a pre-industrial reference by the IPCC, you need to add 0.3ºC to the shown temperature. This matters because February and March of this El Nino heated year were already above the 1.5ºC "desired safe limit".

[Dustlawyer]

1. K&R for exposure!

[Hydra]

2. Can we say, "spiraling out of control"? n/t

[tk2kewl]

3. death spiral

[The2ndWheel]

4. Looks like the growth pattern of cities

[GliderGuider]

5. Systems with non-linear growth tend to map into spirals like that. nt

[pscot]

6. That's pretty slick