Earth's Global Temperature (IMAGE) University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science Caption To the left is a map of Earth’s global temperature. This “total” temperature can also be described as a sum of temperatures on coarse (large) scales, temperatures on finer scales, even finer scales, etc. On large scales we see the well-known climate changes. Albert Sneppen’s study documents that the temperature differences become stronger on small scales (credit: Albert Sneppen). Credit Credit: Albert Sneppen Usage Restrictions Obtain permisson from Albert Sneppen License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.