The project uses the Turkey-Syria earthquake of February 2023 as a starting point to present the history of earthquakes and explain the different types of earthquakes.

The 2022-23 drought in the Horn of Africa has caused devastating, irreversible damage to families and communities, as well as the urban centres and natural ecosystems that are meant to support...

Professor Alison Siegler, and her team at the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic of the University of Chicago conducted an extensive examination of federal pretrial detention. What they found when...

Russian volunteers are searching through graveyards, archives and the internet to determine how many of the country’s soldiers have actually died in Ukraine. A database they helped build provides...

The purpose of this map is to illustrate the varying dynamics between world population growth and correlated CO2 emissions over the same time period through a single visualization. This geographic...

This piece dives into the progress made on a global level towards achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through data on world poverty, hunger and health. Armed with the rosy...

From the publisher: "No matter how rich or poor you are, economic inequality impacts every aspect of your life—the place where you live, the opportunities you experience, the healthcare you get,...

The imminent drilling of a well by Brazilian oil giant Petrobras in the Foz do Amazonas region is a foreseeable catastrophe which will test President Lula’s commitment to the environment. To...

Urbanization's effect on snake populations exacerbates the conflict. This research aims to investigate the multifaceted nature of snake-human conflict, unnecessary snake killings, and snake-bite...

Many people think of forced displacement as a before-and-after situation: that displaced families move into an IDP camp that, despite their many challenges, are relatively stable. The reality is...

Maybe we might not see the impact of the environment if we choose to eat a steak today or pulse instead – but with every choice we can help to reduce emissions produced by food(production), the...

In 2022, my household’s CO2 emissions melted the equivalent of 24m² of arctic sea ice. Now I am on a mission to find fun ways of limiting global warming. Join me on my journey to learn how to...

In 2022, 108.4 million people were forcibly displaced due to conflict, persecution, violence, or human rights violations. This includes refugees under UNHCR's mandate, internally displaced and...

Each year, Everytown Research & Policy updates their Mass Shootings database, a straightforward accounting of incidents that “haunt our collective conscience,” in Everytown’s words. To provide...

Climate change is a defining and urgent 21st century global challenge which threatens global security, economic prosperity, environmental sustainability, and public health. In an effort to address...

Ukraine's military and civilians face a deadly problem: land mines, potentially hundreds of thousands of them, scattered across roads, buried in fields and concealed in devastated cities. Reuters...

Visual depiction of the relentless march in earth surface temperatures from 1912 to 2020

The World Press Freedom Index Visualization is designed to illustrate the global rankings of countries and regions based on indicators reflecting the level of press freedom. Press freedom...

In 2022, regular Russian shelling has repeatedly caused blackouts in Ukrainian cities.The last three months of the year were the darkest ones for Ukrainians. We visualized the average number of...

Africa’s small farm sizes have led to low crop yields compared to other regions. This, coupled with increasing global demand for agricultural commodities, has posed economic risks for emerging...

The AAPI Nonprofit Database aims to connect the community to AAPI nonprofit organizations across the country through one comprehensive, up-to-date, and interactive tool. With support from the...

​​The first map represents the distribution of femicides in the city halls of Mexico City and municipalities of the State of Mexico registered from 2015 to 2022.The second map shows the location of...

This large-scale print infographic commissioned by the NGO Rede Interação illustrates how life in brazilian slums and other low-income communities is being affected by climate change. Whether with...

The interactive data story Dog Breeds features a narrative structure and contextual details that aid in the reader's grasp of the story's importance. The goal was to make the data more engaging by...

It is a data visualization of a framework accompanying the article "Becoming Intelligent about Collective Intelligence and Public Policy" under preparation for submission to journals. This article...

In the end of 2022 people in Iran started to protest against the Islamist regime. Data shows how protests have sprung up around the country and where the government has unleashed the most brutality...