That 2023 line does not look ideal…
Source: The Economist
Each point represents a five day moving average. The x-axis is in terms of historical standard deviations, i.e each day is compared to the standard deviation of historical values for that year. So we are at -6 SD from the historical average for this point in time.
Other excellent visualizations are in the article!
Damn, I know we’re in !dataisbeautiful@lemmy.world
But there’s nothing beautiful with this data.
I don’t want to sound pessimistic but this seems bad
This is probably one of the most insane things I’ve ever said but its like the Mario and Luigi of terrifying climate charts from 2023
Take that, stupid mean sea ice. That’s what you get for sinking our boat. Apes together strong.
This is fine!