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xkcd : Earth Temperature Timeline
(imgs.xkcd.com)
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/4245345
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this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023
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Definitely a classic. Follows closely what's in the academic literature
(note that this graph changes x-scale for the past 1000 years)
Sharing this graph casually is rather unhelpful despite your note, since most casual observers aren't going to observe the scale change in the X axis, and instead will see only that today is similar to the 12,000 years ago segment.