UK Scientist Changes The Look Of Climate Change
This scientist just changed how we think about climate change with one GIF
Chris Mooney, May 11, 2016 (Washington Post)
“…[Professor and climate scientist Ed Hawkins of the UK’s University of Reading has becom famous for a startling animation…At a time when scientists, nonprofits, and universities are more and more focusing on communicating research results better, Hawkins basically just hit a grand slam…[The image] requires little interpretation…[It plots well-vetted monthly temperature data in the form of a spiral] with warmer temperatures farther outward and colder temperatures nearer inward...[It shows that temperatures of 2016 are close to a 1.5 degree centigrade rise from the global norm and heading toward what climate scientists say is an unacceptable 2 degrees centigrade. Global] warming appears to burst outward toward the end of the animation…” click here for more
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