Climate Spiral

This visualization shows monthly global temperature anomalies (changes from an average) between the years 1880 and 2021. Whites and blues indicate cooler temperatures, while oranges and reds show warmer temperatures. As you can see, global temperatures have warmed from mainly human activities as time has progressed.

[squarci]

The best representation I've ever seen

[em]

Those graphics are so beautifully done. Thank you

[PhilAndersonOutside]

Excellent visual. It's a real shame that more people don't understand how how significant this is. I fear we are about to cross the point of no return.

[RikMaxSpeed]

Could you update to include the data up to 2023? Please 🙏

[krat-xr]

It would probably be wise to realize a few facts first!!
1/ The average temperature of the Earth (since the origin of life) is stated to be 20C, currently it is only 14.5C! So we still have a lot to catch up on!
2/ The greatest flourishing of life on Earth was, for example, in the Mesozoic era, only thanks to two reasons - higher temperature and multiple amounts of CO2!
3/ Rapid temperature reversals always occurred and often many times faster!
4/ Let's be happy that it's getting warmer, when it got cold the last time 90% of people in Europe died out!
5/ There is only 0.04% CO2 in the air. When CO2 drops to 0.02%, life on Earth will completely disappear. Of course, with 2-3x the amount of CO2, the diversity and productivity of life on Earth will increase!!

[HeiBao]

You can actually see when we started aggressively using fossil fuels.

[andrewbloom]

This is outstanding. I've seen the raw data and dozens of visualisations, but this is the best.

[TesserId]

Would like to be able to explore the result within an interactive 3D environment.
P.S. The article in the description has some really great graphics.

[stanleykachuik]

The first red line to go outside of +1 degrees below the 2021 marker. Is when the Paris agreement was formed.

The significance of this line. Is that the last five lines after that should be way bigger. However we changed the definition of base line temperature from 1750 to 1880. Which reduces the overall temp by .4 degrees. That's why the red lines above that one seem to be smaller.
While in reality, the last two lines should be expanded past 1.5 degrees.

Get the picture 😮

[randomracki]

Would be interesting to see this expanded backwards into the ice ages and beyond

[humansustainability]

for a thinking human being this should be the scariest thing imaginable.

the implications are astonishing.

[markpensarn]

Important point ..Below 10oC and Above 40oC life as we know it cant continue ....So weve only got a 30 degree window ...not much . 30 precious degrees of bandwith .😢 😮.😮😮😮

[LTsDiary]

Very impactful data visualization!! Renewable Energy is the solution?

[myleftyscissors]

We always see the rise in temperature, but this is such a simple visualization that shows how we never go backwards. Those temperature norms from the 1950s are gone.

Data is clearly misrepresented and chart is misleading. +1 circle has 4 times more surface area than -1 circle. So comparison between two is incorrectly represented.

[editando-agachadiza]

Now, who can deny Global Boiling? I live in South Korea, and I experienced the worst summer in entire life. But you know, it is the coldest summer in the rest of our life.

[johncays]

Beautiful and dynamic data visualization!

[doodidood]

We're fucked, but it was a good run

[iflyuwalk]

"Get me my sharpie!"

- Trump, probably.

[asthmaenthusiast]

Excellent visualization for anthropocene climate change.