Land Use in the US

Land Use in the US

To me, this map is terrifying. It shows the ways that land in the US is used. Notice the tiny amount of land allocated to parks, federal wilderness, wetlands and desert. In a sane and just world, those sections would be the largest. But as we know, the world is not...
Acronyms decoded…

Acronyms decoded…

I was recently reading an article in Carbon Brief about Negative Emissions Technologies, and it struck me that the article would be very difficult for the average person to read, in part because of the number of acronyms and terms used in the article that will be...
Measuring the history of CO2 in our atmosphere

Measuring the history of CO2 in our atmosphere

This graph, from the WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2017, shows the history of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. Since 1958, we’ve measured CO2 directly. To measure CO2 prior to that, we use “proxies”; that is, measurements...
Simple, but complex

Simple, but complex

Today’s art is a simple infographic showing our total carbon budget, and how much we have left. I’m posting this so everyone is aware of what is being negotiated in less than one month’s time at the COP21 meetings in Paris. This simple graphic...