environment

Environmental cost of food

Infographics / cost, environment, food, New York Times

The New York Times highlights the work of True Price Foundation, a group…
Fashion industry’s environmental impact

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, environment, plastic

For Bloomberg, Rachael Dottle and Jackie Gu look at the current state of…
Seeing CO2 is a playable data visualization

Infographics / carbon, environment, Extraordinary Facility, game, scale

Seeing CO2, by design studio Extraordinary Facility, is a playable data visualization that…
Amount of fish to raise a big fish

Infographics / environment, fish, sustainability

Raising living things requires resources. In the case of fish, it requires more…
Years of life lost due to breathing bad air

Infographics / environment, mortality, pollution, Washington Post

Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute estimated the number of…
World map shows aerosol billowing in the wind

Maps / aerosol, environment, NASA

Using a mathematical model based on satellite data, NASA shows an estimate of…
A transforming river seen from above

Maps / environment, NASA, satellite imagery, water

The Padma River in Bangladesh is constantly shifting its 75-mile path. Joshua Stevens…
Mapping the ocean undisturbed by humans

Maps / environment, ocean

Researchers recently published estimates for the amount of area undisturbed by humans —…
Surprise, the world was warmer again in 2017

Statistical Visualization / environment, global warming, New York Times

According to NASA estimates, 2017 was the second warmest year on record since…
Mapping perceived canopy tree cover in major cities

Maps / city, environment, trees

Treepedia, from the MIT Senseable City Lab, estimates perceived tree cover at the…
Simulation shows swirling of smoke, sea salt, and dust around the world

Maps / environment, NASA, simulation

NASA. Data. Good.
Tracking the aerosols carried on the winds let scientists see…
Google maps street-level air quality using Street View cars with sensors

Maps / air quality, environment, Google

Google equipped their Street View cars with air quality sensors and sent them…
Carbon emissions goals vs. current paths

Statistical Visualization / climate change, environment, New York Times

Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich reporting for The New York Times:
Under the…
Iceberg scale, as described in different countries

Statistics / big numbers, climate change, environment, Quartz

A giant iceberg broke off from Antartica. Like, really big. Quartz collected the…
Moving ice

Maps / environment, glaciers, New York Times

Ice in Antartica is in constant (very slow) motion, and as ocean waters…
Melting glaciers

Maps / environment, glaciers, New York Times

Glaciers at Glacier National Park in Montana are melting. Using data from the…
Breathing Earth of vegetation

Maps / animation, environment, vegetation

Using data from NOAA STAR, Nadieh Bremer creates a breathing Earth that shows…
X-Ray of the oceans

Maps / environment, ocean, pollution

Using satellite data and spatial models, researchers estimate human influence in the ocean.…
Climate Change Coloring Book

Infographics / book, Brian Foo, climate, environment

The Climate Change Coloring Book by Brian Foo makes data tactile and interactive.…
Following the carbon dioxide

Maps / carbon, environment, NASA

This animated visualization from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows a model of…

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