An ecometric roundup for everyone’s favorite smoke spewing Icelandic volcano. First off, a map from the New York Times showing the airport closures and ash coverage: You’ll notice that the Icelandic airport remains ironically open. I’d be remiss if I did not at least briefly cover the climate impacts of the current eruption. Traditionally, volcanic [...]
No, it’s not the latest green transportation method. Solar Cycle 24 refers to the 24th period of solar activity and sun spots we’ve tracked since the mid 1800′s. Now scientists are predicting it will be a relatively quiet one. Expected to peak in May of 2013, the undulating storm surge on the surface of the [...]
Occasionally, I like to take a Friday to tell you about the blogs I read on a regular basis. Today, it’s porno-graphic. Chart Porn, run by DC Economist Dustin Smith, is an all-you-can-eat buffet of infographics. Dustin compiles links to just about every note-worthy visualization, flow chart, or map on just about any subject. Thankfully, ecometrics [...]
Lots of good infographics to be found across the web, intending to explain complex issues bite-sized visual chunks. We start with “Global Warming Skeptics vs The Scientific Consensus” from the Information is Beautiful blog. Despite the clear agenda by the designer, it does a nice job of introducing the various debates surrounding man’s impact on [...]
Anyone paying attention to the Copenhagen climate summit is probably overwhelmed by the numbers, negotiations, rumors and rants plastering the media. The scoreboard above tries to simplify all of that by projecting the temperature changes expected under the current agreements. The estimates are generated using the C-ROADS software, a sort of “climate model lite” for [...]
Once upon a time, I was a research scientist. I worked in biology and human health labs for almost ten years before changing careers to count carbon. As my current job began and I was asked to give presentations on carbon accounting and climate change, I knew I had better work on really understanding the [...]
