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Climate
20,000 year timeline of historic change
This must-see climate change illustration is so perfect even the most skeptical can no longer deny
Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
This must-see climate change illustration is so perfect even the most skeptical can no longer deny
Popular science blog xkcd released an illustration of climate change so easy to understand even climate deniers will understand it. The timeline starts in 20000 B.C. and goes all the way to today, with estimates of where we’ll be in the not-too-distant future, whether we act or not.
By the end of the illustration (and it is worth scrolling all the way to the end), even the most skeptical should be convinced we simply have to act NOW. Jump below the fold and check out xkcd's excellent timeline of the earth's average temperature:
