Okay . . . let's try this again.
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Shirley
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by Shirley » Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:03 pm
This seems like an important enough topic to spin off from the Science! thread.
An awesome illustration of global temperature changes by xkcd: (and quite possibly the tallest post in Swamp history)
http://xkcd.com/1732/
If this is too obnoxious, let me know and I can just make it a link.
Totally Kafkaesque
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by Steve of phpBB » Mon Sep 12, 2016 3:05 pm
That's awesome. Plus, Spinal Tap reference.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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by brian » Mon Sep 12, 2016 3:47 pm
I think the scrolling kinda reinforces the point. (If it were displayed horizontally I would feel differently.)
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by HaulCitgo » Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:47 pm
Is the solid black line to scale? Legitimately curious. I've never been a global warming denyer but didn't realize it was so immediately apparent either.
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by EnochRoot » Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:02 am
HaulCitgo wrote: Is the solid black line to scale? Legitimately curious. I've never been a global warming denyer but didn't realize it was so immediately apparent either.
Yes, I think it is, if they're basing it off the
Instrumental Temperature Record .
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by Johnnie » Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:05 am
mister d wrote: Couldn't have pegged me better.
EnochRoot wrote: I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
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by rass » Wed Oct 16, 2019 10:56 am
phew!
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
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by SportsDoc » Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:28 pm
Be careful what you wish for.
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by P.D.X. » Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:35 pm
Yeah clean climate initiatives are gonna be our downfall.
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by Pruitt3 » Mon Sep 05, 2022 4:40 pm
Holy Shit! Pakistan
Lake Manchar on verge of causing more flooding, says local official, as third of country already underwater