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Originally Posted by The Fonz
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Not to diminish the message that this graphic is trying to get across, but what is the global average?? These headlines seem to contradict each other quite a bit. According to all these headlines, the following places are warming:
- Faster than Average: Britain, China, South Africa, Adirondacks & Europe
- Twice the Global Rate: Switzerland, Canada, Mountains (??), Singapore, Alaska and Sweden
- Faster than the rest of the northern hemisphere: Spain
- Faster than anywhere else in the world: Finland, Russia and Australia
I mean, these places make up the majority of the world, no? How can they all be warming at minimum 'above average'? How can Russia (faster than anywhere else in the world) be warming faster than Spain, who is apparently warming faster than anywhere else in the northern hemisphere? How can Finland, Russia and Australia be on the same list of 'fastest warming in the world'? Shouldn't only one country be on that list? It just contradicts left & right.
That's why I don't like graphics like these. They tend to be alarmist without any substance or context.