Part B Go to this site from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to analyze global
temperature data from 1880 to 2016. The Time Series parameters are already set. Scroll past them to
reach the data table.
The data you'll use is in the first two columns: Year and Anomaly. An anomaly describes a deviation from
the standard or long-term average. The anomaly data in the table compares the global land and ocean
temperature with the average temperature from 1901 to 2000, which was 13.9°C.
Question 1
Why do you think scientists often find value in looking at and comparing anomalies within data?