Watch 63 years of climate change in one horrifying GIF

[kydo]

From Yahoo

Watch 63 years of climate change in one horrifying GIF
BGR.com
By Zach Epstein
21 hours ago


Global warming is still the topic of much debate, but a short video posted recently by NASA is fairly convincing. The 15-second animation, which was posted by NASA last week and picked up on Tuesday by Co.Exist, shows a view of the entire globe with an overlay that details climate change. NASA scientists analyzed data collected over the past 63 years by 1,000 meteorological stations from around the world, and the animation they compiled shows just how rapidly the Earth’s climate is changing.



The GIF is a consolidated version of NASA’s full animation that helps illustrate just how drastic the change has been since 1950. Temperatures in some regions have swung by as much as 4 degrees Celsius in the past 60 years alone.

[PeaceNikki]

1. But it's REALLY COLD in my backyard. Ergo, Global Warming is FAKE.

[democratisphere]

2. Interesting visual compilation of the data.

Shows how rapid the acceleration of Global Warming and Climate Change has become. Thanks!

[justanaverageguy]

3. I'm not sure I'm understanding the video correctly

If this an illustration of the increase or decrease of temps across the globe since 1950 shouldn't the globe illustration for 1950 be all white to represent the starting baseline? How can it start off with increase and decreases already shown??

[kydo]

4. Um ... no

The data used started being collected in 1950 so what ever the weather was in 1950 is the starting point. I'm sure they had weather before 1950 so that's probably why the increase and decreases show.