Spiraling Global Temperatures Animation

Spiralling global temperatures. Animation by Ed Hawkins, data source: HadCRUT4.4 from January 1850 – March 2016, relative to the mean of 1850-1900.

This recent animation from Ed Hawkins at he National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading, is being used to bring attention to the dramatic increase in global temperature from 1850-2016. You can learn more about the animation and the data sources used here.

https://twitter.com/ed_hawkins/status/729753441459945474

Ed Hawkins is a climate scientist in the National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading. He was a Contributing Author for the IPCC 5th Assessment Report and can often be found on twitter: @ed_hawkins

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