I apparently also ran out of memory for the site as too many people tried to view it at the same time. Updating it to a more robust hosting plan for the moment!
This is great! Woud be good, as you add features (if you do) to add the ability to broaden the averaging window to mulityear-to-decadal timescales. Often in advice I've prepared (for the Australian government) I've created plots that average the most recent decade, the one before that, etc. For the purpose of making the point that although there is interannual variability, each decade since the ~1970s has been warmer than the decade prior. So, now in 2026, I'd compare the decade 2016-2025 to the decade 2006-2015, and so on. I've always done that in a rather clunky brute-force way, but the dashboard could automate and update regularly. 10-year window being arbitrary but easy for policymakers to understand.
A plot of warming by decade is useful, though might not be the best fit for a real time dashboard (since it only updates once a year). That being said, I strongly prefer using a locally linear regression to remove short-term variability rather than binning by arbitrary periods. E.g. the red line we use in our Berkeley Earth figures: https://berkeleyearth.org/global-temperature-report-for-2025/
Also reminded me that trend lines sometimes facilitate motivated reasoning. For 10+ years, some people kept pretending the trend started from the peak in 1998. "See, a plateau!"
Thank you so much for this! I have increasingly been using your excellent graphics for teaching and outreach (always with attribution of course), but since this past year have become more and more grateful for the work you do. Great data, beautiful graphics, much appreciated!
I’m a particular fan of the “Joy Division” graph. I know the atmosphere is your thing but would love to see something like this (particularly projection v actual for the last 5 years) for sea temps.
Yes, outstanding work, Zeke! You and OurWorldinData appear to be targeting the same audience, but yours is more focused on climate science, more dynamic, and more information-dense in that domain than OWID. Bookmarked next to it.
I apparently also ran out of memory for the site as too many people tried to view it at the same time. Updating it to a more robust hosting plan for the moment!
What an incredible resource!
Zeke, this is awesome! Great work putting that together. It's very clear even at a quick glance.
Brilliant, thankyou.
Can you please also post a simple graph tracking CO2 ppm from 1850 till present day
This is great! Woud be good, as you add features (if you do) to add the ability to broaden the averaging window to mulityear-to-decadal timescales. Often in advice I've prepared (for the Australian government) I've created plots that average the most recent decade, the one before that, etc. For the purpose of making the point that although there is interannual variability, each decade since the ~1970s has been warmer than the decade prior. So, now in 2026, I'd compare the decade 2016-2025 to the decade 2006-2015, and so on. I've always done that in a rather clunky brute-force way, but the dashboard could automate and update regularly. 10-year window being arbitrary but easy for policymakers to understand.
A plot of warming by decade is useful, though might not be the best fit for a real time dashboard (since it only updates once a year). That being said, I strongly prefer using a locally linear regression to remove short-term variability rather than binning by arbitrary periods. E.g. the red line we use in our Berkeley Earth figures: https://berkeleyearth.org/global-temperature-report-for-2025/
This is fantastic!
Also reminded me that trend lines sometimes facilitate motivated reasoning. For 10+ years, some people kept pretending the trend started from the peak in 1998. "See, a plateau!"
Stellar effort, Zeke! Beautifully done.
Thank you so much for this! I have increasingly been using your excellent graphics for teaching and outreach (always with attribution of course), but since this past year have become more and more grateful for the work you do. Great data, beautiful graphics, much appreciated!
This looks awesome. I have added it to my Earth Trackers folder. Thank you!
I’m a particular fan of the “Joy Division” graph. I know the atmosphere is your thing but would love to see something like this (particularly projection v actual for the last 5 years) for sea temps.
I can't claim credit for the original idea; I think it was the BBC graphics team who made the first version back in 2024.
Yes, outstanding work, Zeke! You and OurWorldinData appear to be targeting the same audience, but yours is more focused on climate science, more dynamic, and more information-dense in that domain than OWID. Bookmarked next to it.
Awesome work 👏
Awesome work.
Fantastic resource, Zeke; creative and brilliant (as always)! Thank you.