Amazing New Charts and Maps That Tell Stories — DataViz Weekly
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The story begins with a scrollytelling part where the Climate Action Tracker’s estimates of global greenhouse gas emissions are represented in a time-series visualization. More precisely, the chart shows historical figures, since 1990, and then four possible trajectories through the end of the century: pre-Paris (on track for about 4 degrees Celsius of warming by 2100), current (nearly 3°C), pledged (2.1 to 2.4°C), and nowadays seen by scientists as required (1.5°C). On Tuesday, ProPublica made public the findings of its recent analysis, revealing that hazardous air blooms around industrial facilities leave an overwhelming number of Americans exposed to higher cancer risk levels considered unacceptable by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Feel free to explore the hot spots all over the United States (one of them, Cancer Alley, is shown in the picture above) and check if you or your friends or relatives live in or near a dangerous site. Check out the map-based story and keep reading for some other interesting visualizations, including an interactive Sankey diagram showing the largest importers and exporters of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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