The iconic graphic appears all over the world on Show Your Stripes Day.
The graphic shows the change in average annual global temperatures since 1850, represented as coloursthe graphic from the University of Reading has been projected on to landmarks across the world including the BT Tower in London and Story Bridge in Brisbane, Australia.Prof Ed Hawkins, the climate scientist who created the image, said he hopes it will inspire "conversations" and action to reduce warming.
"We are continuing to burn fossil fuels and add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere at an extremely fast rate and that is causing global temperatures to rise. He said the idea of the graphic is to "enable anyone to understand the problem that we're facing with a single glance".On Friday night, the graphic will be projected onto the Tower of London, and displayed in Times Square in New York City.
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