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I'm confused. The Smithsonian article says mean global temperature dropped as low as 3.6 F (2 C). The Wikipedia image shows mean global temperature dropped at m
by cpburns2009 3y ago
I'm confused. The Smithsonian article says mean global temperature dropped as low as 3.6 F (2 C). The Wikipedia image shows mean global temperature dropped at most 0.5 C. What's the cause for this large discrepancy?
- kimixa 3y agoI'm always wary about weasel words like "As Much As", especially with no direct reference to see how the original data was presented. I always just assume that means "By the most optimistic possible reading of the data that furthers the goal of this article" - so it may be that the value from the most extreme single data point of minimum->maximum is 3.6f. The wikipedia graph even states in the description that "Little Ice Age was not a distinct planet-wide period but a regional phenomenon" - though that again in turn doesn't seem to be directly stated in the referenced citation and editorialization too....
- ianburrell 3y agoIt might be confusing global temperatures with European temperatures. The article it references doesn't say global for the 2C figure and probably means regional temps. The European 2C makes sense, and the global 0.5C matches other sources.