Here’s the best graphic I’ve seen for putting the numbers in context: https://xkcd.com/1732/
It’s slightly out of date so we’re actually at roughly +2 degrees C.
Basically, from year 0 CE to 1000 CE there was basically no change in average temperature. Then from 1000 CE to 1900 CE temperature actually went down about .5 degrees. Since then, we’ve gone up 2.5 degrees. So the past two thousand years temperature changed a total of .5 degrees down. We’ve increased about 5 times that in the past 100 years.
I’m confused, the article says
I must not be understanding something cause to me that’s not very hot.
“Average” tends to work that way.
That’s combined for both hemispheres… including the hemisphere that’s currently experiencing winter.
Average for the entire planet, including the arctic
Not very hot for a chill autumn day. Very hot for the Arctic circle. That’s how averages work.
Here’s the best graphic I’ve seen for putting the numbers in context: https://xkcd.com/1732/
It’s slightly out of date so we’re actually at roughly +2 degrees C.
Basically, from year 0 CE to 1000 CE there was basically no change in average temperature. Then from 1000 CE to 1900 CE temperature actually went down about .5 degrees. Since then, we’ve gone up 2.5 degrees. So the past two thousand years temperature changed a total of .5 degrees down. We’ve increased about 5 times that in the past 100 years.
Most of the planet isn’t 🤷♂️