Climate change in 17 tweets
1. So, 2016, quite a year for the climate. Warmest year ever recorded. Record low sea ice extents. Paris COP21 agreement comes into force.
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) December 13, 2016
3. Warmest month ever by @jscarto & @ClimateOfGavin: https://t.co/fWh5WO1w3Z pic.twitter.com/4FsfvjUWyv
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) December 13, 2016
5. I also liked this wiggling visualisation of the uncertainty in our global temperature estimates from 1850 to now by @micefearboggis pic.twitter.com/e95P044CBu
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) December 13, 2016
7. @zlabe has also visualised the record low Arctic sea ice volume for November. https://t.co/9x376TlP2a pic.twitter.com/zxsSHedMbm
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) December 13, 2016
9. Also hurricane related, I liked these 'small multiple' maps of storms to hit the Caribbean by @LazaroGamio: https://t.co/s1NrOLBphz pic.twitter.com/FQ7BX4FQDK
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) December 13, 2016
11. @PhilipBrohan animated the locations of all available pressure observations for 1850-2008. Lots more to rescue! https://t.co/rP8JTlBxnk
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) December 13, 2016
13. Updated global temperature spiral for 1850-2016: https://t.co/7cwv3pLH26 [& thanks to @janfug for the initial inspiration] pic.twitter.com/rEygxQfPEJ
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) December 13, 2016
15. Hoping for more novel climate visualisations in 2017! In the words of @uksciencechief: science is not finished until it is communicated.
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) December 13, 2016
17. Finally, not an animation, but a rather stunning image of planet Earth (by @jscarto): https://t.co/xt6wgZwT6b #thanksNASA pic.twitter.com/ZLHBQkVcKz
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) December 13, 2016
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