I’ve been a bit of a skeptic when it comes to the warnings of environmentalists regarding catastrophic climate change, but this chart based on the temperature data over the past ten years shows that while there was a bit of stability during the first few years of this millennium, the long-term trend is strongly reasserting itself.
The blue arrow to the right shows the change from January 2007 to January 2008–the largest one-year temperature change on record. And it’s clear…
Wait a minute…
Boy, is my face red! When I was getting the graphic ready to put on my website, I must have accidentally flipped it. Here’s the correct version:
The largest one-year temperature change on record is the global cooling that happened from January 2007 to January 2008.
(And yes, I am smart enough to know that this temperature drop could very well be an anomaly, and that a long-term warming trend could reassert itself shortly. I just couldn’t resist having a little fun with charts.)