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Climate visualization shows one petal per year of global warming

Original: One petal per year, from 1950 to 2026. The longer and darker the petal, the hotter the year is (compared to the 1991-202

A data visualization has been shared that depicts global temperatures from 1950 to 2026, with one petal per year. Longer and darker petals indicate hotter years relative to the 1991-2020 average, making recent warming visible at a glance. The chart is being circulated among climate and data visualization communities, with people praising it as an intuitive way to show how sharply temperatures have risen in recent decades.

Why now: The striking visual format makes decades of climate data easily shareable and understandable at a time of ongoing concern over global warming.

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