147 | Iconic Climate Visuals with Ed Hawkins

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We have climate scientist Ed Hawkins on the show to talk about climate visualization. Ed is the person behind the famous spiral and stripe visualizations (see the images below). On the show we talk about how he created these visualizations and what was the impetus behind them. We also talk about breaking data visualization “rules”; climate visualization work from the visualization community; making climate information more local and more personal; and how to collaborate with climate scientists (see in the links below the list of climate scientists who are active on Twitter!).

Links

• Ed Hawkins
• Ed’s blog
• List of climate scientists active on Twitter
• Climate Spiral
• Warming Stripes
• Robert Kosara’s youtube channel

http://datastori.es/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/147_Ed_Hawkins.mp4

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Розділи

1. Welcome to Data Stories! (00:00:35)

2. Our podcast is listener-supported, please consider making a contribution (00:02:02)

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3. Moritz was at Encode conference (00:02:45)

https://encode.info/

4. Our guest today: climate scientist Ed Hawkins (00:03:29)

https://research.reading.ac.uk/meteorology/people/ed-hawkins/

5. Iconic climate visualisations: The animated climate spirals (00:03:57)

https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/spirals/

6. Iconic climate visualisations: The warming stripes (00:10:45)

https://showyourstripes.info

7. Breaking the rules: Visualising for broad audiences (00:16:23)

https://twitter.com/moritz_stefaner/status/1131087900383371265

8. Do we need dedicated "science communicators"? (00:21:20)

9. Our choices matter: How do we communicate effectively to bring about change? (00:23:28)

10. Stick to what you care about: Getting involved with climate visualisation (00:33:06)

https://mobile.twitter.com/khayhoe/lists/scientists-who-do-climate

11. Get in touch with us and support us on Patreon (00:37:40)

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