The graph shows spikes and drops in temperature over the past 9,500 years, charting how much higher or lower each year’s temperatures are than the average temperature over the entire time period.

Even a policy of “drill, baby, drill” would imply more climate research, not its evisceration, says Ralph Keeling ...

Scientists project that 2024 will be the hottest year on record, with an unprecedented rate of warming undeniably tied to human-induced carbon emissions. Climate change skeptics continue to use ...

Send this crazy graph to the climate deniers you know Did you know that 2000 to 2010 was the hottest decade since 1850? YEAH. The gray line is the long-term average for 1961-1990 (57 degrees).

The hockey stick: The original and later versions. Temperature reconstructions of the past 1000 years See all climate myths in our special feature. Updated: See final section. In fact, later ...

The graph shows spikes and drops in temperature over the past 9,500 years, charting how much higher or lower each year’s temperatures are than the average temperature over the entire time period.

VERIFY spoke to the scientist cited as the source of data in this graph, “R.B. Alley,” or Richard Alley, a glaciologist and climate scientist at Penn State University.