via GISS
Surface Temperature Anomaly by Latitude and Time
Michael Tobis
Michael Tobis, editor-in-chief of Planet3.0 and site cofounder, has always been interested in the interface between science and public policy. He holds a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences where he developed a 3-D ocean model on a custom computing platform. He has been involved in sustainability conversations on the internet since 1992, has been a web software developer since 2000, and has been posting sustainability articles on the web since 2007.
That's the most informative temp graph I've seen in some time.
But the GISS link you give is to a cgi, gives error "I cannot construct a plot from your input.".
[ Thanks. Fixed. Thanks again. ]
Bad graph (not)! I can't see the "hiatus"! Has global warming not stopped?
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This is beyond compelling! How could one even begin to 'spin' this to deny global warming? Oh my...how sad.
Interesting how 1) the late 20th century dip (attributed to industrial aerosols?) seems confined to the Arctic and 2) how periodic, or at least intermittent the anomalies are in the Antarctic.
First, a fact-free comment: That is simply amazing! You cant' ask for much more from a graph. Immediately understandable and impactful.
To James: I haven't looked so I don't know, but my guess is that the denialist spin would be "sure, it's easy to doctor the temperatures and make it look any way you want." One pseudonymous "Steven Goddard" of "Real Science" infamy spins data this way several times each day. I used to watch but gave it up and started looking at free energy sites. They're just as silly, much more entertaining, and not nearly as maddening.
I get "access denied" from the GISS link...