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1. Chemware at 17:38 PM on 28 January, 2011
   Very nice ... and a couple of suggestions: 1. one more indicator: rainfall/precipitation up; 2. and I'd be happy to put together an animated GIF if you want - no PP required, just a web browser.
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2. jyyh at 18:19 PM on 28 January, 2011
   chemware, rainfall suggestion doesn't work unless one counts in ENSO. I'm expecting droughts to kick in again once the el Niño phase kicks in, add to that the additional kick from the sun 11 yrar cycle some droughts might be pretty quite severely bad or hard, or something like that since the ambiguity of language is somewhat exhilarating in the world of political absolutes.
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3. Bart Verheggen at 19:38 PM on 28 January, 2011
   Cool, just in time for my climate presentation today! I had already featured the 'still' figure, but I'll change it now to the animated version.
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4. Paul D at 20:27 PM on 28 January, 2011
   hmmm, tried it in Open Office and none of the labels appeared when it was run as a slide show.
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5. Riccardo at 21:48 PM on 28 January, 2011
   The Ville my Open Office 2.1 on linux does it. Anyways, a cross-platform format would be preferrable.
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6. Riccardo at 00:15 AM on 29 January, 2011
   Open Office 3.1.1 running on WinXP does it too.
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7. Paul D at 00:23 AM on 29 January, 2011
   I have Open Office 3.2.1 on a Mac.
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8. Chris G at 01:25 AM on 29 January, 2011
   Nice work John. Regarding the earlier Spring, I would hazard a guess that there is also a later Fall. In which case, it might be more accurate to say 'Longer warm seasons', 'Longer summers', or I suppose, 'Shorter winters' . It is a minor difference, but it would more accurately describe the situation. For instance, there is this, Late leaf fall.
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9. Chris G at 01:30 AM on 29 January, 2011
   Oops, not a particularly good example. That article does not really support the point I was testing.
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10. Joel at 02:08 AM on 29 January, 2011
    @The Ville, NeoOffice is a build of OpenOffice specifically for Macs. I am running NeoOffice 3.1.2 and the slide show works.
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11. Byron Smith at 02:37 AM on 29 January, 2011
    Another minor suggestion: snow cover --> summer snow cover.
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12. Rob Honeycutt at 03:54 AM on 29 January, 2011
    You know something that would make this a much more powerful presentation? If each of those indicators had a small notation referencing a peer reviewed paper or two. That would change this from an interesting graphic into a powerful graphic.
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13. Rob Honeycutt at 03:56 AM on 29 January, 2011
    The Ville... I got the file to work with Keynote 5.0.
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14. Albatross at 03:58 AM on 29 January, 2011
    Rob @13, "If each of those indicators had a small notation referencing a peer reviewed paper or two." Good idea...I second that. This graphic could be a great teaching tool.
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15. Ron Crouch at 06:44 AM on 29 January, 2011
    The Ville When the presentation opens in Impress did you try the left mouse button to advance frames?
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16. Paul D at 09:36 AM on 29 January, 2011
    Oops, didn't think of pressing buttons! Thanks Ron. Joel. Neo Office is pretty much redundant now, it runs using X11. Open Office now have a native version for the Mac. Although maybe if you have a PowerPC Mac, you have to use Neo Office??
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17. Chemware at 21:34 PM on 29 January, 2011
    jyh @ 2: No, precipitation is rising globally, regardless of ENSO. See the interview with Trenbarth at Climate Progress: Exclusive interview: NCAR’s Trenberth on the link between global warming and extreme deluges This is part of an intensification of the hydrological cycle - so locally both droughts and floods will become more intense. Albatross @ 13: Ever done imagemaps ? Lots of fun :)
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18. John Hartz at 03:49 AM on 30 January, 2011
    @John Cook I hate to spoil the party, but... 1. The location of "Permafrost retreating poleward" leaves a lot to be desired. 2. Where is "Surface Water Heat Content"? 3. Where is "Land Heat Content"? 4. Where are "Climate Refugees migrating"?
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19. John Hartz at 04:08 AM on 30 January, 2011
    @John Cook Here's another way to graphically portray "Indicators of a Warming World" in a PowerPoint presentation. First slide: Narrative definition of the basic components of the "climate system," i.e. atmosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, etc. [Slide header: "What do you scientists mean when they say, "Climate System"?] Subsequent slides: Graphic representations (a la your slide posted above) of the GW Indicators for each component of the slide system. One of my ongoing concerns about how climate change is discussed on public forums, including SkS, is that many people simply do not understand that the "climate system" is more than just the atmosphere and that annual mean global surface temperature is just one of a myriad of ways to measure and track climate change. That is one reason why I have suggested the above slide show. Another is that your graphic simply contains way too much information on a single slide. It works great in the print media where people can stare at it for as long as they need to.
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20. John Hartz at 03:03 AM on 31 January, 2011
    @ John Cook: Addition to the list I started in #18: 5. Where are "Wildfires"?
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21. John Hartz at 03:07 AM on 31 January, 2011
    General question: How do the "indicators" shown on the graphic and suggested in the comment thread relate to the "multiple lines of evidence" documented by the IPCC?
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22. grypo at 15:28 PM on 2 February, 2011
    I did a youtube powerpoint video partly based on the indicators and "fingerprints" -- with JS Bach http://gryposaurus.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/bach-and-owning-climate-disruption/
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