Climate Change Deniers Hilariously Misrepresent Data

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So how can climate change deniers misrepresent data to show that there has been no increase in global temperatures? One way is to make the y-axis scale so large that it completely obscures any trend.

This trick was attempted by the conservative magazine National Review, which tweeted that this was "the only #climatechange chart you need to see."