Summer Temperatures 9/25

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5 questions
How was this past summer compared to previous years? James Hansen, a NASA scientist and Columbia University professor, has dug into the past 64 years of global temperatures and this is what he found:

In case you need to open it to better view it, here is the link. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/03/learning/08WGOITGraphLN.html


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What is being shown in the y-axis?

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Look at the "shadow" graph, what does it represent?

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Why did the author add that "shadow" graph?

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What's going on in this graph? (i.e. what would be an accurate conclusion that can be supported by this graph)
To answer this question use the CER framework

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Write a >140 character Tweet that could accompany the sharing of the of the map/image.
This means, you would write a short sentence or two that describes one surprising thing you noticed from the map and you accompany it with one or two relevant hashtags.