On 7/12/2019 3:24 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

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>> <https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature>
>>
>> the Highlights sidebar is a nice summary of how extreme things have become
>>
>> I'm not sure how a person can argue with "the 10 warmest years on record
>> have all occurred since 1998" - it's just data, and it needs to be taken
>> seriously, not confused with this sunspots crap or whatever
>
> I like this graph:
>
> <https://www.xkcd.com/1732/>
>
> He doesn't say where he got his data, but the abrupt change in the slope of
> the graph is impressive.
>
> One thing Sheldon just doesn't understand is that the climate/weather is
> not entirely determined by the sun. Ocean currents have so much effect
> on it.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

Cutting millions of acres of rain forest may be a factor too.
https://rainforests.mongabay.com/fac...est-facts.html