Bread and Circuses on Nostr: Sometimes when I post climate graphs reflecting, say, global temperatures or sea ice ...

Sometimes when I post climate graphs reflecting, say, global temperatures or sea ice coverage, a commenter or two will complain that the x or y axis does not start all the way at zero, and thus the graphic could be exaggerating the magnitude of change, at least to a casual observer. I have a lot of faith, however, in those who read my posts, and I’m confident that nearly everyone here is smart enough to understand what they see, without having reply guys explain it to them. 🙄

Anyway, the image I’m posting below, prepared by Zach Labe (npub1fh6lat3js6w5qs7dsakddvzecmdfz2np0mmy6zyufvfhac37z5qqayzu76 (npub1fh6…zu76)) does not suffer from any such irregularities. That is, the axis starts right at zero — and that’s what makes it, for me at least, so alarming.

The amount of total volume of Arctic sea ice lost in such a short span of time is astounding. We have radically altered the planet in the geological blink of an eye.

Human industry is converting our planetary biosphere into something we have never known, and we may not survive the changes.

SOURCE OF GRAPH — https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-volumethickness/

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