How Has the Use of Fossil Fuels Impacted Global Temperatures over Time?
Follow the story of Temperature Change all the way from 1740 until 2020.Check out the graph to see how fossil fuels relate to an increase in temperature, and visualize the global increase of temperature on the heatmap on the right.
See the history of Fossil Fuel Emissions and Temperature Change.
Slide the bar below to see countries' average temperature change.
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Use the area chart to zoom into key parts of the stacked area chart below to see what types of fossil fuels were being used at what time! Hover over to start the zoom.
Something you can do to help combat this...
Take a few of these easy steps to help limit our fossil fuel usage and our carbon footprint.
- Walk to places instead of driving when possible.
- Carpool!
- Conserve power... turn off lights, computers, TVs when not in use.