Chart of Global Temperature Anomalies
"Eighteen of the 19 warmest years all have occurred since 2001, with the exception of 1998. The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record. This research is consistent with similar constructions prepared by the Climatic Research Unit and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration." NASA/GISS
2005 version of this chart
Sources
NASA/GISS Goddard Institute for Space Studies, www.giss.nasa.gov
Tags: temperature change, climate change, global warming, global temperature anomalies, climate
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