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Global Warming Stripes

140 years of global temperature anomaly data from NASA GISS, rendered as warming stripes. Each stripe is one year — blue is cooler, red is warmer than the 1951–1980 baseline.

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Temperature anomaly vs 1951–1980 baseline
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-0.5 C +1.3 C
About this visualization — Temperature anomaly data is approximate and based on NASA GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP v4). Anomalies are relative to the 1951–1980 global mean. The warming stripes visualization was originally conceived by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading).
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