Show HN: 41 years sea surface temperature anomalies

An interactive timelapse by Will Meyers turns 41 years of ocean temperature anomaly data—how much warmer or cooler the water is than normal—into a hypnotic, horrifying show. It zips from 1985 to today with scenes like the Great Barrier Reef’s 2016 bleaching, Hurricane Katrina’s cold wake, and the Gulf Stream twisting off the U.S. coast—and the crowd is feeling it.

The loudest chorus? “Make it faster!” Viewers want a one‑minute speedrun to ingest decades of warming in a single, gut‑punching gulp. One commenter called it “very emotionally powerful,” another pushed for “larger speeds and timesteps,” and a third dropped the meme-y mood bomb: “We’re frogs, slowly boiling ourselves…” It’s climate doomscrolling, but on autoplay.

Then came a classic internet moment: a veteran builder popped in with a humblebrag—they made something like this 10 years ago—and now they’re fired up to update their visuals and data. Cue the friendly rivalry energy: new hotness vs. old guard. Meanwhile, others just chant “More of this!” because nothing says Sunday scaries like watching the oceans glow red.

Between the anxiety, the speed cravings, and the builder flexes, this is part science lesson, part emotional rollercoaster—and the comments are the front row seats.