Science is Real

August
Data from HasCRUT3 record of global temperatures, Edinburgh Royal Observatory series 031607

The University of East Anglia has just released an astounding amount of climate data to the general public. A few minutes' fiddling gave me this pretty plot of average temperatures for 133 consecutive Edinburgh Augusts. There are observations from all over the world, covering various ranges of years. It takes a department of scientists to properly analyse the whole data set, but now anyone with Excel can do a little citizen science. This has enormous engagement potential for schools in particular. How about a statistics class based on climate analysis? How about a business class based on presentation of data to a general audience?

Run with it, world. This kind of data dump doesn't come around very often.

Download the whole data set here.

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