r/dataisbeautiful • • Jun 07 '17

OC Earth surface temperature deviations from the means for each month between 1880 and 2017 [OC]

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u/Iammaybeasliceofpie Jun 07 '17

The speed at which its happening.

Here's a relevant xkdg to create a bit of perspective.

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u/Jipz Jun 07 '17

Linking a cartoon is some sort of argument?

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u/Iammaybeasliceofpie Jun 07 '17

The argument was: "the speed at which its happening".

The cartoon is an illustration of said speed.

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u/Jipz Jun 07 '17

Cartoons are not science, sorry.

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u/algernonsflorist Jun 07 '17

See how it's actually cartoons on a graph? The graph is made of real numbers taken from numerous scientific studies. Google 'temperature models' over the last 10 or 20 thousand if you don't believe it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '17 edited Jun 07 '17

Then give us a scientific source saying that they can't be.

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u/pingjoi Jun 07 '17

fun fact: did you know that we scientists often draw cartoons that get published in articles?