Visualizing Global Warming

Towards an absolute measure of change in temperature

The planet is heating up. How much? How fast? In the media, you’ll read that the planet is, on average, about 1° Celsius warmer than a century ago. You’ll also read that the landmasses are getting warmer faster than the oceans. But these are only averages; they miss the details.

While there are many interesting visualizations available on the Internet, I missed one that was actually interactive. I wanted to click on any part of the globe and see how its temperature…