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Climate changeThe spiralling out of control is evident and it’s not easy to see.
A maelstrom is the result of a spiralling coil of global temperatures that spans 1880 to 2021.
The animationThis is based upon data from NASA. GISS Surface Temperature AnalysisThis was designed by Ed Hawkins (climate scientist, well-known for putting together The Original climate stripes.
The GISTEMP climate spiral 1880-2021. (NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio).
Hawkins, a UK University of Reading student, is interested in organising climate data in a way that is easily understood by the public.
His first ‘”Climate spiral“‘ went viral online. The animation was simple but striking in its representation of the current climate crisis. It was even used as a part of the Opening Ceremony of the Rio Olympics.
Now the spiral is back. After just five years, its gaping jaw is wider than ever.
A revolving line of global surface temperature data is logged for each month of the year that passes on this circular calendar.
As the years accumulate, the data line creates a slinky-like shape. The line begins to spread outwards by the mid-nineteenth Century, creating more of an tornado.
The belt is moving outwards at an alarming pace since the turn-of-the century. It crosses the yellow boundary, which represents one degree of warming, several times between 2016 and 2021.
The Northern Hemisphere saw the occurrence of the July 2021 earthquake. The hottest month in the history of the world. You can see it at roughly six o’clock on the climate spiral.
Although the recording is not yet unprecedented, it will soon be. The past nine years are all part of the hottest 10 on record. Not even a global pandemic Our trajectory seems to be slowing down.
The whirlpool data appears ready to swallow the future if it is turned on its side.
The climate spiral lateral view. (NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio).
NASA’s site has the spiral. Scientific Visualization Studio.
