Originally Posted by
Geckko
I think those are two completely different sets of data. I have learnt from my reading that there are many different estimtes for global temperature.
The first chart in your post is clearly labelled "NASA". I assume that would mean Goddard Institutue for Space Studies (James Hansen).
Here is the graph from the program, overlaid with
this graph from NASA GISS. The real NASA data is the dashed and red lines:
Here are the other graphs and datasets from NASA:
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/
If you can find one that in any way matches the graph in the program, I'd like to know about it.