How has the average temperature changed in some countries during the lifetime of their current leaders?
Quite significant warming in all these countries in such a short period of time.
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* Donald Trump, @realDonaldTrump, was born in 1946. #USA is now +1.12°C warmer than in 1946.
* Emmanuel Macron, @EmmanuelMacron, was born in 1977. #France is now +1.56°C warmer than in 1977.
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* Emmanuel Macron, @EmmanuelMacron, was born in 1977. #France is now +1.56°C warmer than in 1977.
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* Justin Trudeau, @JustinTrudeau, was born in 1971. #Canada is now +1.42°C warmer than in 1971.
* Sauli Niinistö, @niinisto, was born in 1948. #Finland is now +1.93°C warmer than in 1948.
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* Sauli Niinistö, @niinisto, was born in 1948. #Finland is now +1.93°C warmer than in 1948.
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* Narendra Modi, @narendramodi, was born in 1950. #India is now +0.88°C warmer than in 1950.
* Queen Elizabeth II, @RoyalFamily, was born in 1926. #UnitedKingdom is now +1.60°C warmer than in 1926.
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* Queen Elizabeth II, @RoyalFamily, was born in 1926. #UnitedKingdom is now +1.60°C warmer than in 1926.
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Data sources: Wikipedia for the birth years of the leaders and NASA GISS Surface Temperature Analysis GISTEMP ( https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/ ) for temperatures. I computed the temperatures by country values.
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