When Professor Ed Hawkins of the University of Reading (UK) first created warming bands in 2018, the idea was to quickly communicate the speed and degree to which our planet was warming. The cool blue to warm red is an eye-catching and compelling visual. Since 1800, global surface temperatures, which include land and ocean surfaces, have risen by an average of 2 degrees F. Land areas are warming at about twice the rate. (Jeff Berardelli).

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