A Child's Garden Of Doomy Graphs To Start Your New Year Right!
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Annual greenhouse gas index, 1700-2015
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The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not just rising, it's accelerating, and another potent greenhouse gas, methane showed a big spike last year, according to the latest annual greenhouse gas index released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The NOAA annual greenhouse gas index (AGGI) is a measure of the warming influence of long-lived trace gases and how that influence is changing each year. The index was designed to enhance the connection between scientists and society by providing a normalized standard that can be easily understood and followed. The warming influence of long-lived greenhouse gases is well understood by scientists and has been reported by NOAA through a range of national and international assessments.
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/11/graph-of-day-noaa-annual-greenhouse-gas.html
Projected impacts of climate change on usable capacity of current hydropower and thermoelectric power plants
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Projected impacts of climate and water resources on annual mean usable capacity of current hydropower and thermoelectric power plants, for the two global warming scenarios, RCP2.6 and RCP8.5. Graphic: van Vliet, et al., 2016 / Nature Climate Change
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/01/power-generation-could-take-big-hit.html
Drought Severity Index in the Mediterranean, 1980–2012
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(top) Multiyear average Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI) for 1980–2012 with regions of recent and persistent drought outlined in dashed black lines: WestMED (32°N–42°N, 10°W–0°), Greece (36°N–43°N, 19°E–26°), and the Levant (30°N–37°N, 33°E–40°E). (bottom) Also shown are the regional average scPDSI time series from these regions for 1950–2012 (red line is a 10 year loess smoother). Graphic: Cook, et al., 2016 / Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/03/syria-drought-likely-its-most-severe-in.html
Speed of ice movement in Antarctica
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Model surface ice speeds and grounding lines (black lines) show the location of major ice streams, outlet glaciers, and buttressing ice shelves (seaward of grounding lines) relative to the underlying topography in Antarctica. Features and place names mentioned in the text are also shown. AS, Amundsen Sea; BS, Bellingshausen Sea; WDIC, WAIS Divide Ice Core. The locations of the Pine Island, Thwaites, Ninnis, Mertz, Totten, and Recovery glaciers are shown. Model ice speeds (b) are shown after equilibration with a modern atmospheric and ocean climatology. Graphic: DeConto and Pollard, 2016 / Nature
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/04/sea-levels-set-to-rise-far-more-rapidly.html
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http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/01/50-doomiest-graphs-of-2016.html