Data Vis Dispatch, January 28: Snowfall, astronauts, and electricity

Submarine cables span the globe, and countries depend on their functioning. Recently, their sabotage has become more present:

The past week featured diverse visualizations in the environmental cluster. First: sustainability goals for organic farmland and CO₂ absorption and emission:

… second, increasing number of electric vehicles (at least in most countries), but uneven distribution of charging stations:

… and finally, a reduction in the share of coal in Europe’s electricity generation, as well as ongoing subsidies for fossil fuels:

A perfect moment to switch to weather visualizations: U.S. weather phenomena have shifted from fires to rare record snowfall:

But visualizations of fires are not over, especially as the U.S. is not alone in becoming more prone to wildfires:

It’s still January, so recaps of 2024 are still legitimate. Here fires and heat are prominent, too:

Certainly, visualizations about the U.S., and especially the decisions of the Trump administration and the people affected by them, won’t stop anytime soon:

Social media influenced the election and was an issue in the election. It only makes sense that social media is popping up more and more in the visualization world:

A quick excursion into German politics, where several demonstrations against the extreme right are planned in the course of the upcoming federal elections:

Last but not least in Politics: War and terror:

You know what sometimes is fun in data visualization? Charting people, be they astronauts, famous soccer players, or everyday people. And it is even more fun when we can find ourselves in them:

What do single-parent hotspots, rising jerky prices in Malaysia, and tourist apartments in Spain have in common? We don’t know … yet, but they deserve to be listed here: