Science: How to draw misleading charts

Science: How to draw misleading charts

This image appears in a journal paper – do you see any problem with it?

Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold: a health impact assessment study in 854 cities in Europe – ScienceDirect

Carefully look at the X axis. Others redrew the chart with a constant x-axis, as it should be done.

Note how the original chart exaggerates high temperatures.

As previously, a good argument rests on facts and logic – not on deception. This is not how to do climate communications.

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