Sunday, August 12, 2012

Chart of the Day: Is rising temperature causing more droughts?

Here is a scatter graph of GISS temperature data (GISTEMP) and the U.S. Palmer Drought Severity Index with annual data through 2011.

Chart: Annual PDSI -vs- Annual Global GISTEMP – Source: Dr. Pat Michaels by way of WUWT


As you can see, there is no correlation at all. More info on understanding scatter graphs is here.

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