Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa

correlates with

Swimming pool drowning deaths in the US

r = -0.91391% · 2005-2021
Atmospheric CO2 at Mauna LoaSwimming pool drowning deaths in the US

These two datasets have a 91% correlation over 2005-2021. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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