Neil Kaye
@neilrkaye
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Climate data scientist @metoffice specialising in generating interactive websites and bespoke #dataviz . #climate #maps #GIS #mapping #Rstats Views are my own
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Global monthly temperature between 1851 and 2020 compared to average for 1850-1900. This uses the latest version of HadCRUT5 showing many recent months more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial values.
#dataviz
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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This is a great map by
@artlebedev
studio. All the countries scaled and shaped correctly. I thought of doing this but wouldn't have done it this well!
#dataviz
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Animating the Mercator projection to the true size of each country in relation to all the others.
Focusing on a single country helps to see effect best.
#dataviz
#maps
#GIS
#projectionmapping
#mapping
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Animating the mercator projection so countries and territories are correct size and shape in relation to each other.
#dataviz
#30Daymapchallenge
#worldisnotflat
#day28
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What percentage of all global fossil fuel CO₂ emissions since 1751 have occurred in my lifetime.
If you are 15 it is about 30%
If you are 30 it is more than 50%
If you are 50 it is about 75%
If you are 85, it is more than 90%
#GlobalWarming
#dataviz
#climatechange
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We use 30 year averages to show climatology (average weather conditions). During the 20th century the UK climatology followed a path round a confined box. With
#globalwarming
and
#climatechange
they have escaped out the box. This
#dataviz
shows UK rainfall and temperature.
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Uncopyrightable - longest word no repeated letters
Rhythms / crwth - longest no vowels
Euouae - longest only vowels
Facetious - shortest vowels in order
Aegilops - longest with letters in order
Detartrated - longest palindrome
Taramasalata - most single letter in one word
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I decided to make an updated and improved animating Mercator animation after
@simongerman600
tweeted original.
This new one now transforms the countries to the correct shape as well as size and also colours them based on size to give paler expanding balloon effect.
#dataviz
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What percentage of all global fossil fuel CO₂ emissions since 1751 have occurred in my lifetime.
If you are 15 it is more than 30%
If you are 30 it is more than 50%
If you are 85, it is more than 90%
#GlobalWarming
#dataviz
#climatechange
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What percentage of the world is asleep or awake as the day progresses (assuming a solid 8 hours at night!)
#dataviz
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@Rainmaker1973
This was my work originally and here is a better version!
Animating the mercator projection so countries and territories are correct size and shape in relation to each other.
#dataviz
#30Daymapchallenge
#worldisnotflat
#day28
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Some palindromes:
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama
Eva, can I stab bats in a cave?
Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas
A Santa lived as a devil at NASA
Dammit, I'm mad
Was it a rat I saw?
Do geese see God?
Never odd or even
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
Yo, banana boy
Borrow or rob
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How long ago were the hottest and coldest years on record around the world.
#dataviz
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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Cumulative global CO₂ emissions since 1751
For each year, a single pixel represents 1 million tonnes of CO₂.
For perspective:
1751 = 9 million tonnes (9 pixels)
2018 = 37,100 million tonnes
See massive acceleration at the end.
#dataviz
#climatechange
#dataviz
#animation
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As
#COP26
draws closer it is worth reminding that if you are 30 you have been alive for more than 50% of all human fossil fuel emissions!
#dataviz
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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Global monthly temperature 1900 to 2019.
Colours indicate temperature compared to 1961-1990 average. The last time we had a cooler than average month was more than 25 years ago in February 1994!
Uses HADCRUT4 data
#globalwarming
#climatechange
#dataviz
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New animation demonstrating the transition from weather to climate. Starting with daily temperature data compared to the long term average, this shows increasingly longer averaging periods up to 30 years to see the warming signal emerging.
#dataviz
#climatechange
#globalwarming
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Earth is warming but not the same everywhere. This
#dataviz
shows the warming since 1960 at different latitudes.
It shows that in 2016 the Arctic was already 3°C warmer than the 1961-1990 average,
The last decade is more than 2°C warmer!
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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Frequency of letters in 5 letter English words and where they occur in the word, for wordle fanatics your first two words should be "arose" and "until"
#dataviz
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For the last 40 years the the minimum arctic sea ice has been declining on average by ~87000 km² per year.
Here I show this decline as if it were over Europe We lose area of Iceland,Portugal,Ireland,Spain,UK, France,Germany,Italy,Sweden,Norway and more
#dataviz
#ClimateChange
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Range of global temperatures at different latitudes in 11 year windows starting in 1948-1958 ending in 2008-2018.
To left of thick black line is cooler than 1961-1990 average at that latitude, to the right is warmer.
#dataviz
#globalwarming
#climateviz
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Four periods of equal sized global fossil fuel emissions.
The first period was 222 years the last only 12!
#dataviz
#GlobalWarming
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Summary of global mean temperature in 2019:
76% of days were warmer than average
11% were average
13% were cooler than average
#globalwarming
#climatechange
#dataviz
#maps
#gis
#rstats
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This
#dataviz
shows the UK's warmest year on record. It has been relentlessly mild (or hot) all year apart from a 2 week cold spell at the beginning of December (which made it the only cold month). Overall the mean temperature exceeded 10°C for the first time ever!
#globalwarming
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Running total of global fossil fuel CO₂ emissions since 1751:
Shows 4 periods when ~400 billion tonnes of CO₂ were released into atmosphere:
1751 to 1967 (217 years)
1968 to 1990 (23 years)
1991 to 2006 (16 years)
2007 to 2018 (11 years)
#dataviz
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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Here in the UK it is getting warmer, wetter and sunnier. This
#dataviz
shows a rolling 12 month of average temperature, total rainfall and total sunshine.
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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The world is warming and the land is warming faster than the oceans and the arctic is warming fastest of all. This shows distribution of 11 years of annual temps compared to 1961-1990 ave. Inspired to make by
@anttilip
who you should follow.
#dataviz
#globalwarming
#climatchange
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Global temperature for the last 24000 years, showing the world leaving the ice age, 8000 years of stability and then a rapid recent warming
#dataviz
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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Using the latest HadCRUT5 global temperature data reveals the high arctic was almost 3°C warmer than normal when averaged over the last decade! This updated animation shows warming at different latitudes between 1930 and 2020.
#dataviz
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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Global temperature from 1864 to 2018.
Numbers are the difference compared to pre-industrial value (defined as 1851-1900)
Arrow shows position on scale.
Note how it varies and then rapidly accelerates at the end.
HadCRUT4.
#dataviz
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Sun angle and UV risk (for sun burn) as the year progresses for some cities around the world.
Sun risk data here:
#dataviz
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We use 30 year averages to show climatology (average weather conditions). During the 20th century the UK climatology followed a path around a confined box. With
#globalwarming
and
#climatechange
they have escaped out the box. This
#dataviz
shows UK rainfall and temperature.
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The area of ground burnt in Australia is 60,000 km² and the smoke covers a truly enormous area of 5.5 million km². This is what this would look like over Europe.
#climatechange
#globalwarming
#dataviz
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It is warming everywhere. Here are climate stripes of world countries sorted alphabetically and by most warmed in last 10 years.
#dataviz
#COP26
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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Who would have thought 2 men in their 70s could maintain an election for this long.
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Animating the Mercator projection to the true size of each country in relation to all the others.
Now with added Antarctica!
#dataviz
#maps
#GIS
#projectionmapping
#mapping
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It is warming everywhere and nowhere is warming more than the arctic.
This shows warming at different latitudes compared to average for 1961-1990
#ClimateStrikes
#FridaysForFuture
#dataviz
#globalwarming
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Path of the sun on the winter solstice (in northern hemisphere)
Only 3 more days and the days will be getting longer, by the end of December there'll be almost 5 minutes of extra daylight where I live🌞!
#dataviz
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Centre of population for each country in the world, the same number of people live east and west and north and south of the point
#30Daymapchallenge
#dataviz
#Population
#day12
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Animation showing length of day as the year progresses for each latitude in the world.
#dataviz
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It's the equinox tomorrow, here is the path of the sun over Europe on the equinoxes and solstices.
#dataviz
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Yesterday
@WMO
reported another record level of CO₂ in the atmosphere at 407.8 ppm. The main reason for this is the human burning of fossil fuels which is currently going at about ~1200 tonnes of CO₂ per second
#dataviz
#climatechange
#globalwarming
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The climate stripes by
@ed_hawkins
are a very effective
#dataviz
. They are coloured according to the temperature anomaly from 1971 to 2000 and use 8 blues and 8 reds on an equal interval from -0.75°C to +0.75°C. The 1851-1900 baseline period is the true story of warming though!
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Welcome to my 200 new followers in the last hour thanks to the ever generous
@simongerman600
Animation shows the periods of the year in the UK when average temperatures are about the same. Another amazing piece by
@neilrkaye
(who is a must-follow for every data enthusiast!). Source:
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@simongerman600
The Dutch word VOORRAADDOOSSPULLEN (things you keep in a supply box) has seven double letters, of which six are consecutive
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Real time speed of global fossil fuel CO₂ emissions with the addition of a second counter following a suggestion by
@kevpluck
Each box is 10 tonnes of CO₂
#dataviz
#globalwarming
#ClimateChange
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Smallest area where 50%, 90% and 99% of the world live.
#30Daymapchallenge
#dataviz
#Population
#day12
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Daily global temperature over 2021. If you look you can see some North American extremes e.g. mid February Texas freeze and late June Pacific Northwest heat dome.
#dataviz
#GlobalWarming
#climatechange
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Countries of the world sorted by those that have warmed the most in the last 10 years, showing temperatures from 1890 to 2020 compared to 1950-1980 average. Uses gistemp data prepared by
@anttilip
#dataviz
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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Here in the UK it is getting warmer, wetter and sunnier. This
#dataviz
shows mean temperature, total rainfall and total sunshine.
Each dot and stripe is shows a rolling monthly 12 month average (e.g. July 2012 to June 2013)
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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The ratio between land and sea at different latitudes
#dataviz
#maps
#GIS
#mapping
#projection
#projectionmapping
#animation
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Thanks Simon. This was one I did end up imagining in the middle of the night!
Angle of sun and daylight as year progresses showing day, night, poles and whole world.
@neilrkaye
must have stopped sleeping at all based on the amount of great work he produces! Source:
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Carbon emissions around the world from 1751 to 2013
This
#animation
shows relative location of Carbon emissions in each year, this shows historical context of emissions. Colours change each year and are related to data for that year.
Data from CDIAC
#dataviz
#climatechange
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Earth is warming but not the same everywhere. This
#dataviz
shows the warming from 1960 to 2020 at different latitudes.
It shows that in 2016 the Arctic was already 3°C warmer than the 1961-1990 average,
The last decade is more than 2°C warmer!
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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Every country in the world is getting warmer and the closer to the Arctic the country is, the warmer it gets!
#dataviz
#globalwarming
#climatechange
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Increasing global population (and increasing economic development) increases fossil fuel use 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 increasing CO₂ in the atmosphere, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 increasing global temperatures 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 sea level rise.
#dataviz
#climatechange
#globalwarming
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A mosaic of world countries retaining their correct size and shape
This demonstrates you can't fit shapes on a sphere back together again once you put them on the flat
See
@BojanSavric
for a great new equal area projection
#dataviz
#mapping
#GIS
#maps
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At this time of year where I live it does not get fully dark at night.
This shows the lowest position of the sun on the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and demonstrates different types of twilight
#dataviz
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I posted a real time speed of Amazon deforestation back in July. I am having to post a new animation as the rate of deforestation has increased by ~30% in the last year
It was going at about 14 trees a second it is now about 18
#dataviz
#climatechange
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Rhythms - longest word no vowels
Euouae - longest only vowels
Facetious - shortest vowels in order
Uncopywritable - longest with no repeated letters
Aegilops - longest with letters in correct order
Detartrated - longest palindrome
Taramasalata - most single letter in one word
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World maps showing number of years since it was a "record hottest year" and "record coldest year"
Uses Berkeley temperature data
Corrected due to coding error, thanks to
@RARohde
@DoskonaleSzare
#dataviz
#climateviz
#GlobalWaming
#ClimateBreakdown
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I have been working on creating an updated daily summary of the UK climate for the previous year. Feedback on the attached summary graphs and maps are welcome.
At some point I am going to try and produce for different years and regions.
#dataviz
#climatechange
#GlobalWarming
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Barring a particularly cold December this year is on track to be the warmest recorded year for the UK, probably exceeding a mean temperature of 10°C for the first time. 75% of days have been warmer than the 1991-2020 norm. This
#dataviz
summarises UK daily temperature since 1960.
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At this time of year in the UK the average temperature is about the same as the end of September and early October, this
#dataviz
shows when temperatures are about the same over the UK.
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Animating the Mercator projection to the true size of each country in relation to all the others.
#dataviz
#maps
#GIS
#projectionmapping
#mapping
Animating the Mercator projection to the true size of each country in relation to all the others.
Now with added Antarctica!
#dataviz
#maps
#GIS
#projectionmapping
#mapping
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Where I live at 51 degrees north we are getting an extra 26 minutes of daylight this week! This
#dataviz
shows weekly gain/loss of daylight. There are 4 phases of short/long days or rapidly lengthening/shortening days. These roughly match the seasons but offset by about a month.
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22,554 days of UK mean temperature anomalies on one graph 1960 to 2021. Interesting fact; May 1996 was the same temperature as December 2015!
#dataviz
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Global temperature between 1900 and 2018
Shows an 11 year average using HadCRUT4 temperature data at different locations around the world
Note arctic warming is greatest
Inspired by
@anttilip
climate dashboard
#globalwarming
#climatechange
#dataviz
#climateviz
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Daily global temperature in 2021, this time I haven't masked out the oceans.
#dataviz
#climatechange
#globalwarming
#era5
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Very bad news from
#COP26
, major producers (US, China and India) plan to continue mining and drilling for oil and gas and using coal for foreseeable future. The values in this graph need to come down very rapidly to limit warming to 1.5°C.
#globalwarming
#climatechange
#dataviz
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