Data Vis Dispatch,
November 9

It was another big week in data vis for the climate and environment. These maps and charts put the spotlight on deforestation:

And these covered industrial pollution and emissions, starting with a major investigation from ProPublica on cancer-causing pollution in the U.S.:

These charts looked into the fossil fuel transition — where the world stands now and where it needs to go:

This week’s COVID headline is a wave of cases in Europe that shows no signs of having peaked:

By the case numbers, many countries are right back where they were last fall. But vaccination has changed the shape of those outbreaks:

Last Tuesday was Election Day in the U.S. The race to watch was in Virginia, where Republican Glenn Youngkin was elected governor:

Other political charts looked at everything from campaign finance in Tunisia to media interviews in Spain:

Government and business were in the news this week, with a corporate crackdown in China and plans for new taxes in the U.S.

Cities and housing were hot topics as well, with a particular focus on housing prices and homelessness:

These charts visualized wars past, present, and hopefully-not-future, with a special feature from the The Courier in Dundee on the victims of WWI:

Other charts covered social and economic topics from fertility treatments to primary education to unemployment — plus a revisit to the volcanic eruption on La Palma: