Thanks for your support! It does seem a little misleading to plot temperatures like this, but I think the primary reason is to show the annual fluctuations about a steady average baseline. It can be confusing to look at the changes over different time scales; too short and it just looks like a steady slow rise, too long and the change seems so sudden and drastic that it must be an anomaly. I think the idea of controlling temperature increase is also confusing, as temperatures would be increasing due to natural Milankovitch cycles even if we didn't exist. Eventually, I hope to do another post in this series looking at the current state of climate modeling and predictions for the future of our planet...stay tuned!