Why Single-Digit Degree Climate Changes Matter

The rise in temperature is usually given in Celsius. Note that a single degree C increase is 9/5=1.8 (almost 2) degrees F increase

http://billmoyers.com/episode/preview-why-single-degree-climate-changes-matter/

January 4, 2013

Climate communication expert Anthony Leiserowitz explains that single-digit degree changes in our climate are comparable to single-digit degree changes in our body temperature when we get sick. “I think there’s an analogy here — that little difference in global average temperature, just like that little difference in body temperature, can have huge implications as you keep going,” Leiserowitz tells Bill.