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Global Temperature Anomaly vs US Nuclear Power Generation
Global Temperature Anomaly and US Nuclear Power Generation correlate at r = +0.84 over 61 years (1965–2025), p < 0.0001. With the time trend removed, r = -0.43. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is 0.84, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes -0.43. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- +0.84
- p-value
- < 0.0001
- Years compared (n)
- 61 (1965–2025)
- 95% confidence interval
- 0.75 to 0.90
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- -0.43
Sources
- Global Temperature Anomaly (°C vs 1901–2000): NOAA NCEI. Annual global land and ocean surface temperature departure from the 1901–2000 average (NOAA NCEI).
- US Nuclear Power Generation (TWh): Our World in Data. US Nuclear Power Generation (Our World in Data: Nuclear).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.