The researchers developed this checklist for designing more effective graphs for IPCC reports and other communications. The researchers recommend following graph design best practices and including ...

These real-time charts rely on hourly power-generation information gathered by government agencies such as the Brazilian ...

When a wildfire engulfed the Canadian oil-sands boomtown of Fort McMurray two years ago, it hit insurance company Aviva PLC out of nowhere. The British firm had been active in Canada since 1835. Its ...

It started at Hay Literary Festival. Professor Ed Hawkins was trying to find a way to communicate climate change to an audience that might not be able to interpret scientific graphics or data. “I ...

Few illustrations have electrified the climate movement more successfully—and globally—than Ed Hawkins’s climate stripes. The problem is, “warming stripes” have only ever shown part of the ...

A burst of unusual March heat is hitting the United States this week and into next, busting previous monthly heat records by wide margins. While heat is most acutely felt by people exposed to it, ...

Clouds of delicate cherry blossoms unfurl across the National Mall in Washington D.C. each year when weather conditions send a cue to the trees, but under the influence of a warming climate, the ...

Last year was the planet’s hottest year on record, and that streak is continuing into 2024. Friday, June 21 is the seventh “Show Your Stripes” day, an event dedicated to growing awareness about ...

Climate change is impacting the familiar birds that represent our states and often appear in our own backyards. This Earth Day we pay tribute to our feathered friends and feature online tools to ...