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2016 Was The Hottest Year. Yes, Greenhouse Gases Are To Blame

This repository contains data and R code to recreate the graphics reported in the January 18, 2017 BuzzFeed News article "2016 Was The Hottest Year. Yes, Greenhouse Gases Are To Blame."

Data

Data on the historical temperature record came from NASA. Data from NASA simulations of historical temperatures, estimating the effect of natural and human influences on climate, came via Bloomberg News.

Methodology / Code

The code to process the data and create the graphics in the article can be found online here, and in the R Markdown document index.Rmd.

Questions / Feedback

Email the author Peter Aldhous at peter.aldhous@buzzfeed.com.