Sure, I guess it depends on your perspective. It&#x27;s good to look at things over a geological time scale, and to have a broader perspective than the human species, or human civilisation.<p>Regarding very recent climate change, maybe it is easier to focus on the subset of the timescale that has supported human civilisation -- say, the last 10 thousand years. You&#x27;ll note the temperature was relatively stable during most of this time. Interesting!<p>If you look really closely at the right side of the second graph you posted - over the last hundred years or so - you&#x27;ll notice the temperature is shooting up. It&#x27;s a bit hard to see on that graph as the change is happening so quickly relative to geological time scales.<p>If you look at a graph that focuses on the last 100 years, a trend is easier to spot:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;climate.nasa.gov&#x2F;vital-signs&#x2F;global-temperature&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;climate.nasa.gov&#x2F;vital-signs&#x2F;global-temperature&#x2F;</a><p>I&#x27;ve had a go at drawing a regression line by hand myself:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;ixnuDX4" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;ixnuDX4</a><p>Hypothetically, supposing this strange recent warming trend were to continue, it is plausible that by the end of the century our planet might be experiencing environmental conditions never previously encountered by our species, and indeed not experienced by the planet for the last 5 million years or so.<p>Perhaps not much interest in a geological sense, nothing to see here, but perhaps from a shamelessly anthropocentric perspective we might have some cause for concern.