Annual Temperature Deviation from Average by County in the United States

The amount of carbon dioxide we have been dumping into the atmosphere rapidly grows over time. Atmospheric carbon dioxide has been measured to average about 260 ppm in the last 400 thousand years. Pre-industrial levels were approximately 280ppm, the industrial level was around 315. Today it is about 410 ppm. That is a 57.6 percent increase.

Since 1901, the average surface temperature across the contiguous 48 U.S. states has increased at an average rate of 0.16°F (0.09°C) per decade. Average temperatures have grown faster since the late 1970s (0.31 to 0.54°F or 0.17 to 0.30 °С per decade since 1979). Eight of the ten leading warmest years on record for the contiguous 48 U.S. states have happened since 1998, and 2012 and 2016 were the two warmest years in history.

Since the late 1970s, the U.S. has warmed faster than worldwide.

Some parts of the United States have experienced more warming than others, primarily the West, North, especially Alaska.

Below is the visualization created by Reddit user: ultralightdude, using NOAA data, that shows annual temperature departure from average in the United States by county from 1895 to 2018.

Annual Temperature Deviation from Average by County in the United States

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Find cities with similar climate

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The Appalachian Mountains, the Scottish Highlands, and the Atlas Mounts in Africa were the same mountain range

The Central Pangean Mountains was a prominent mountain ridge in the central part of the supercontinent Pangaea that extends across the continent from northeast to southwest through the Carboniferous , Permian Triassic periods. The mountains were formed due to a collision within the supercontinents Gondwana and Laurussia during the creation of Pangaea. It was comparable to the present Himalayas at its highest peak during the start of the Permian period. It isn’t easy to assume now that once upon a time that the Scottish Highlands, The Appalachian Mountains, the Ouachita Mountain Range, and the Atlas Mountains in northwestern Africa are the same mountains , once connected as the Central Pangean Mountains.

Moose population in North America

The moose population in North America is shrinking swiftly. This decrease has been correlated to the opening of roadways and landscapes into this animal's north range. In North America, the moose range includes almost all of Canada and Alaska, the northern part of New England and New York, the upper Rocky Mountains, northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and Isle Royale. In 2014-2015, the North American moose population was measured at around one million animals. The most abundant moose population (about 700,000) lives in Canada. About 300 000 moose remains in nineteen U.S. states Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The largest moose specimens are found in Alaska 200 thousand moose. Below the map shows the size of US states scaled by the moose population. Via www.vividmaps.com

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