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[–] 68 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Here is a graphic to help visualize the unprecedented rate of temp change. Data source for temperature is cited and likely errors are explained. https://xkcd.com/1732/

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  • [–] 30 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    It's actually worse than that. We are not in the predicted path, we are in one of the worst estimated predicted paths. Understandable as that comic was made in 2012.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Yeah, you're right. It would be even more obvious now if it were redone. I specifically like that one because it invites people to scroll through the time axis slowly and on a linear scale. It makes the recent changes more real than the same graph fitted to a screen and seen all at once.

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  • [+] -39 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Can't stand those comics. Thanks but no thanks.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    They cite their sources. I got paywalled by the Marcott paper, but that seems like it has data you're looking for. I think most of the referenced links are as follows:

    Shakun https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10915

    Marcott https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1228026

    Annan and Hargreaves https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/9/367/2013/cp-9-367-2013.html

    Hadcrut4 https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.hadcru4.html

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