Global Warming Map “Looks Like Thermometer-Hot at the Top; Warm at the Bottom”

A worldwide map published by Dr. John Christy of the University of Alabama-Huntsville, shows that over the past 30 years, the Earth has warmed 0.4 degrees Celsius. Christy is a professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) at the school, a nationally recognized scientist on global warming and a member of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. According to a press statement from the school issued this past December, "the map shows the Earth’s climate changes since December 1, 1978, (when satellite sensors started tracking the climate) and doesn’t show a uniform global warming. It looks more like a thermometer: Hot at the top, cold at the bottom and varying degrees of warm in the middle." A map specifically of North America is also available.