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    Matters of Scale, and Why They Matter

    Recently, we published a data visualization showing tropospheric NO2 over the Indian Ocean. The effort got us to thinking about how we try to present data in a way that’s easy to interpret while staying true to the science. The visualization below of satellite measurements of NO2 in the atmosphere revealed the location of shipping lanes in the […]

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    March Puzzler

    Use the comments section to tell us what part of the world we are looking at, when the image was acquired, and why the scene is interesting.

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    Australia’s Angry Summer

    Australia is no stranger to fires, floods, drought, and heat. But a new report from the Australian Climate Commission not only points out that fire hazards and extreme weather events are worsening, it links them to a warming climate. The report focuses on what it calls the “Angry Summer” of 2012/2013. The 90-day period included […]

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