"Travels on the Wind" is a personal data art project that encodes 10 years of my travels into a tangible piece, combining creativity, craftsmanship, and data visualization to turn memories into a...

Methane is a climate crisis accelerator, and coal mines are a major source Yet, the scale of coal mine methane emissions is often overlooked. Getting this issue on the political agenda could...

How do Americans use their land? Bloomberg’s exploration uses a series of unique 8,000-pixel maps in a distinctive, scrolling web experience. A mash-up of the latest data from the U.S....

Climate change has a direct impact on the intensity and frequency of heavy rainfall and heat waves. This is shown by the IPCC reports from 2021. The interactive data story “Weather Extreme”...

In my climate series, I explore three critical environmental themes—water, ice, and fire—each symbolizing the escalating effects of climate change. This collection addresses one of the most...

Boar straying into urban areas has been a problem in many modern cities, the boar problem in Hong Kong refers to the increasing population of wild boars in urban areas. Rapid urbanization has...

New data from WRI finds that in most cities, the difference between 3 degrees C and 1.5 degrees C of warming is sizable. We analyzed potential climate hazards for nearly 1,000 of the world’s...

We need to communicate data in a way that it makes people stop and think. In this data video the climate stripes blend with an animated emoji showing annual global temperature anomalies. The...

This project visualizes the journey of the River Teesta through the decades, all the way up to the devastating floods in 2024, and discusses speculations for what the future may hold for the river...

I grew up in the dense neighborhoods of South Calcutta, and always felt the gradual decline in the greenery around the city. Most of us Calcuttans have no backyard, and with local parks and open...

Hilando Datos addresses the environmental and social issues of the textile industry through a detailed analysis of the six stages of the garment life cycle. This project was born in Datalab, the...

The USDA updated its plant hardiness map for the first time in 11 years. The updated map opens up new possibilities for home gardeners, but there are limits. Let’s explore how the map has changed...

The Map represents 30 years of changes in the Brahmaputra River’s meandering patterns and surface water footprint in Assam, India. Using satellite imagery and GIS tools, the study maps and depicts...

Dorsch Data is an installation that visualises the decline and near extinction of the cod population in the western Baltic Sea, focusing on the effects of overfishing. Life in northern Germany...

Apart from waypoints and natural jet streams, there are many man-made constraints such as political, legal and financial restrictions on airspace. Countries use airspace to collect fees or leverage...

The U.S. is filled with towns and cities that were named after foreign places: You can take a trip to Naples, N.Y., or Paris, Texas. — and go on a world tour without ever leaving your home state....

It’s easy to forget that wildlife extinctions are all around us. That’s why the Center for Biological Diversity created an immersive, interactive map that highlights an extinct species from all 50...

The Everglades, a world-heritage site and largest wetland on the East coast of the United States is not only home to many endangered species but is also a primary source of drinking water for 8...

A team of data and graphics reporters spent months talking with experts, analyzing and visualizing historical tornado data, and creating detailed explanatory graphics in order to explain a shift in...

This data visualization explores the age of buildings in New York City by decade, from the early 1800s until the 2020s. It uses geospatial data, tracing the blueprints of every building in NYC....

In this analysis, data sourced from Our World In Data was used to explore global trends in electricity generation per capita from 1985 to 2022 (or at least from the earliest possible year depending...

Visualising how two million people reach Mecca for the annual pilgrimage. The annual hajj is one of the largest international annual pilgrimages. The 5-day event brings together Muslims from all...

Comparing the different types of space usage in Berlin, it soon becomes clear: It's a political question how much space the city is willing to use for what purpose. Are forests more important, or...

Following the catastrophic earthquakes of February 6, 2023, Bilim Akademisi - Science Academy, Türkiye launched projects to explore actionable solutions for building an earthquake-resistant...

This project visualizes the boat traffic in Amsterdam's canals, with actual data. It explores the different types of vessels in the water and their speeds, and watch the traffic ebb and flow as the...

An infographic map of the bears in Finland.

Treepedia measures the canopy cover in cities. Rather than count the individual number of trees, we’ve developed a scaleable and universally applicable method by analyzing the amount of green...

A cotton data visualization showing a change in the ranking of cotton lint producers in a decade. Made using threads, needle and a cloth. The red threads denote a decline in the rank and the black...

These infographics show the constellations of various countries around the world. The data used to create the maps draws on areas of artificial brightness, which occludes the visibility of stars in...

In the summer of 2022, the water levels in the Yangtze, China’s largest river, hit a record low due to low rainfall in the river basin, reduced water flowing in from its upper reaches, and hotter...