14. Modern instrumental (e.g. measured with thermometers) temperature records indicate that on average the Earth has warmed since the year 1800. Use the below plot to indicate how much warming has occurred in Deg. C. Why is the uncertainty in the record greater (shown in light gray) for times further back? Decadal Land-Surface Average Temperature 1 10-year moving average of surface temperature over land Gray band indicates 95% uncertainty interval -0.5 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 underlying data | high-resolution image NASA GISS NOAA/NCDC Hadley / CRU Berkeley Earth 2000 --0.5 -1.5 Temperature Anomaly ( °C )

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14. Modern instrumental (e.g. measured with thermometers)
temperature records indicate that on average the Earth has
warmed since the year 1800. Use the below plot to indicate
how much warming has occurred in Deg. C. Why is the
uncertainty in the record greater (shown in light gray) for times
further back?
Decadal Land-Surface Average Temperature
1
10-year moving average of surface temperature over land
Gray band indicates 95% uncertainty interval
-0.5
1750
1800
1850
1900
1950
underlying data | high-resolution image
NASA GISS
NOAA/NCDC
-Hadley / CRU
Berkeley Earth
2000
O
-1.5
Temperature Anomaly ( °C )
Transcribed Image Text:2:31 14. Modern instrumental (e.g. measured with thermometers) temperature records indicate that on average the Earth has warmed since the year 1800. Use the below plot to indicate how much warming has occurred in Deg. C. Why is the uncertainty in the record greater (shown in light gray) for times further back? Decadal Land-Surface Average Temperature 1 10-year moving average of surface temperature over land Gray band indicates 95% uncertainty interval -0.5 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 underlying data | high-resolution image NASA GISS NOAA/NCDC -Hadley / CRU Berkeley Earth 2000 O -1.5 Temperature Anomaly ( °C )
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