Data Visualizations

Welcome to the Anthropocene

Credit: Owen Gaffney and Félix Pharand-Deschênes. Welcome to the Anthropocene. 2012 Stockholm Resilience Centre / Future Earth / Globaia (CC BY 4.0)

A three minute journey through the last 250 years of human history, from the start of the Industrial Revolution, charting the growth of humanity into a global force on an equivalent scale to major geological processes.

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An overview of current progress in developing and sharing climate stories across the US National Park Service.

Arctic Sea Ice Levels

The sea ice cap changes minimum summertime extent, which typically occurs in September, has been decreasing for decades at a rapid pace.

Sea Levels: How High Will It Go?

Commonwealth seeks common response to climate threat

Climate change an existential threat to Commonwealth countries, which have one-third of the global population, 78% of oceans, and 25% of land.