New dataviz: the UK is a tiny crowded land mass with incredible wealth. Land ownership is a source of power and land usage the subject of debate. We got very nerdy with this one, hope you enjoy https://t.co/i3n0cjy7Eu
I’m really proud of the 2024 Election Results page that we designed and built at @BBGVisualData. There were a lot of new features for our pages this year 🧵 https://t.co/dur6uSQux4
NYC is having the driest fall on record... only 0.01 inches of rain fell in October. There were 29 whole days with no rainfall, the second longest stretch in the city's history.
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To have a chance against global warming, key economies and industries need to hit crucial emissions targets by 2030. They’re far off track.
This article is free to read, along with all of our coverage of the COP29 climate summit https://t.co/4bII8L9YsT
Some shadow fleet tankers choose not to use DanPilot transit services to navigate the straits. Denmark’s worst ever oil spill in 2001 was the result of a ship collision and killed up to 20,000 birds. @sanne_wass@osullivan65Tom 📷Carsten Snejbjerg
230 shadow fleet tankers have transported Russian crude oil through the Danish straits 741 times since the start of 2022. More than a third of the ships are beyond the age at which they’d often be sold for scrap
@TomFevrier@JLeeEnergy@OvaskaOvaska
https://t.co/yOcMwZnCSX
This 21-year old tanker is part of a growing, untraceable fleet that Russia has assembled to keep its oil flowing. They pass through Denmark’s narrow straits on a daily basis, when the impact of one spill could be felt for decades
@sanne_wass@sarasjolin
https://t.co/yOcMwZnCSX
🥵🏃 Among the most gruelling #Paris2024 events is likely to be the marathon, which starts at Paris City Hall, an area with a high density of zinc rooftops and lack of vegetation.
Amazing work by @hellococomo and @jwf825 ⤵️
https://t.co/0QQddeVfIV
Who’s taking home the gold from the Paris Olympics? Our Bloomberg tracker tells you when the key events are and who’s won the most medals https://t.co/9u9FDwqW2t
How the Tories could lose a load of seats along the west Thames to the Lib Dems — including 140-year Conservative stronghold Henley — in part due to fury over sewage-infested waters
Epic data-viz story by @hellococomo@Jess_Shankleman >>>
https://t.co/yG4tB6Ai4f
Macron's Renew + allies and left-wing alliance pull 122 candidates where Le Pen's National Rally leads. Quick, smart, stunning team effort @TomFevrier@mariepastora@hellococomo https://t.co/mH5neKnLX3
A race to map out smallholder farms across the world is underway, as EU importers need to attest goods aren't coming from deforestated lands, starting next year. These are the economies whose farmers are most exposed to #EUDR => https://t.co/egzwJsy6rQ @BBGVisualData
1) Happy Tuesday,
The UK Met Office says there are 10 sunspot clusters on the Earth-facing side of the big star. In the last 24 hours solar activity has been moderate and the US Space Weather Prediction Center said a G1 is possible later. #spaceweather
Colleagues @hellococomo@naurtorious and @DeniseDSLu put out an excellent explainer on how the Sun has been dazzling the skies while stressing the grid:
https://t.co/r5lrJb44TI
the us has already seen five $1b severe storms in 2024 and these storms often include hyper-damaging hail & the middle of the US has perfect conditions for creating hail --> story by @leslieatlarge@WeatherSullivan w/ @AlakeTope@hellococomo@amandakhurley
https://t.co/V7sDDCHvKw
The largest geomagnetic storm since 2003 occurred last Friday, delivering rare views of the aurora to areas far from the Earth’s poles.
The solar storm affected power grids and more storms could be coming.
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w/ @hellococomo@naurtorious