Climate change and its impact on the planet is a topic that can NOT be talked about too much. With this visualization, I wanted to draw attention to climate change through the story of Polar...

The explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano may be one of the largest recorded in such detail. The blast was visible from space, with images of the massive ash plume going viral...

This website renders every single road within a city. It uses OpenStreetMap public data and allows users to view roads of nearly all cities of the world, and if they so desire export them into SVG...

The challenge with "Environment in East Germany" was to present a heavy topic like environmental pollution in an interesting and light way without neglecting the seriousness of the issue. In an...

Over several months of reporting, consulting historical documents and speaking to local residents and experts, Insider traced how each of Zuckerberg’s numerous Kauai properties reflect a different...

This map crosses the natural protected areas in continental Portugal with the species richness, which is the number of species within a defined region, observed in different groups. The data was...

From Shanghai to Seattle, the world’s cities are built on sand - massive amounts of sand. It’s in the cement and concrete that make the bulk of most buildings. The glass in those buildings’ windows...

This project uses satellite imagery to find the average colors of each US county across 2020. It was an awful year, and I found a form of solace in zooming out, ignoring all our human activities,...

In the Netherlands there is a dataset available containing outlines of buildings and their (assumed) construction date. This animation shows how urban development sped up significantly after the...

Heavy rainfall and freezing winters – how has the climate changed in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region over the last 40 years? This multi-page data tool was created by Aeon Collective,...

>> Seeing, researching and comprehending << The phenomenon of the sun has fascinated mankind time and again, influencing their lives for over thousands of years. But how can the...

Winemakers are some of the most seasoned climate scientists in the world. Agricultural techniques required for harvesting grapes accumulated over decades (sometimes centuries), coupled with precise...

The impact of internet use on the environment is a contradictory topic. This impact differs according to the reduction/increase of carbon emissions that end up affecting the environment. For...

Since the beginning of the 20th century, over 300 villages in Germany have been destroyed by coal mining. Residents are forced to sell their land to coal companies. If they refuse, they can be...

I have never been to Singapore but I found that if I took a nice evening walk my eyes would not experience any kind of nocturnal adaptation because the artificial twilight is so bright that it...

This map visualizes the craters of the moon in all their imperfect glory.

Earthquakes are one of the most common natural phenomena. Most of them are unnoticed by humans because they have low magnitudes. However, the massive tremblors can be devastating and deadly to...

While Canada is well-known for its winters, it is also home to deadly urban heat waves. But where are the areas most affected by extreme heat? And who lives in them? Answering these simple...

This visualisation shows the number of captive killer whales still alive in the US today. Amongst the 20 Killer Whales in captivity in the US that are still alive today, all but one are...

This visualization explores the growth in Las Vegas hotel room inventory, from 1970 to 2018. It highlights notable hotels which have opened and closed during that time, and how they in turn...

The map centres on the North Pole with the black circle representing Earth's northern hemisphere. The dark blue represents the minimum extent of sea ice in the Arctic in 1980. The mid blue...

A lot of people move to Dubai, an emirate in United Arab Emirates, to start their own business and live the entrepreneurial life, given the relatively low corporate tax rates as well as the 0% tax...

“Red sunsets, a natural miracle?” project illustrates the relationship between the presence of air pollution and the “red” color of sunsets. The approach to data visualisation has here the aim to...

In 2020, the western monarch butterfly population catastrophically declined to its lowest numbers since counts began – from 1.2 million in 1997 down to fewer than 2,000 butterflies. I created this...

This visualisation explores which countries in 2010 produced the largest amount of plastic waste and what percentage of this was inadequately managed, but more importantly how does this management...

Dubai is known to be home to several expats who come here to make their livelihoods. While looking at a country's attractiveness and in order to make decisions to move and/or settle in a place, a...

In New York City, currently around 2 million people commute in and out of the city by car every day; only 1% of these cars are currently electric. Hence, with the goal of achieving an electrified...

​The Sankey-bump chart visualises the global agricultural land use by regions and consequently the increasing impact of us humans reflecting the rising population figures over the last decades and...

A few years ago, my kids were taking very long showers. I wanted a way to explain to them how important water is and should be used sparingly but in a very simplified way that they could relate,...

The design work for this book, its maps and graphics, was commissioned by Instituto Socioambiental. The book is the product of a partnership between RAISG (Amazonian Network of Georeferenced...