Antarctic Sea Ice Extent, 1972-present

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!

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stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 3y
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Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 3y

Damn, I know we're in !dataisbeautiful@lemmy.world

But there's nothing beautiful with this data.

LostCause@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y

Holocene extinction any%

Driftking@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Good. When it's gone we'll be able to get to that sweet sweet oil

overzeetop@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

[Slaps the newly exposed dirt] "It's free real estate!"

doppelgangmember@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I mean.. that is literally what Russia, right-wingers, and neoliberals want..

Melt the ice, get the dino juice bc we only have 47 years of reserves left...

Kikkertje@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y

This is fine!

ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y

Take that, stupid mean sea ice. That's what you get for sinking our boat. Apes together strong.

Stoneykins@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 3y

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

danikpapas@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I love graphs that don't have their axis labeled. I the first graph, y axis, what am I looking at? -2 what?

coys25@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

They are standard deviations, which is described in the footnote. But yeah, probably better to label that axis.

TheBat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
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soviettaters@lemmy.world · -13 pts · 3y

To be fair we were in a heat wave, even by the new standards set by climate change.