The country that emits the most CO2 depends on how it is measured. Our World in Data has a graph of annual share of CO2 emissions by country. By this measurement, a graph with the top 5 countries (China, U.S., India, Russia, & Germany) in 2016 was downloaded from Our …
Read More »How fast is runoff from Greenland ice sheet increasing?
The Nature article Nonlinear rise in Greenland runoff in response to post-industrial Arctic warming by Luke Trusel et. el. (12/5/18) reports on Greenland ice sheet runoff. Referring to fig 4a (copied here) in their paper We show that an exceptional rise in runoff has occurred over the last two decades, equating to …
Read More »What are six trends in western U.S. wildfires?
NASA’s Earth Right Now blog post Six trends to know about fire season in the western U.S. by Kasha Patel (12/5/18) provides these trends. The first (see graph copied here from NASA RECOVER/Keith Weber), Over the past six decades, there has been a steady increase in the number of fires in …
Read More »More than half the U.S. population lives in what percent of counties?
The answer is the title of the Census Bureau post More Than Half of U.S. Population in 4.6 Percent of Counties by Haya el Nasser (10/24/18). The map copied here shows the counties. At the county level, the geographic distribution of the estimated 325.2 million people in the United States …
Read More »What are the demographics of 6- 21 year olds?
The Pew article Early Benchmarks Show ‘Post-Millennials’ on Track to Be Most Diverse, Best-Educated Generation Yet – A demographic portrait of today’s 6- to 21-year-olds by Richard Fry and Kim Parker (11/15/18) provides demographic information comparing early boomers, gen xers, millennials, and post millennials. For example, the graph copied here shows …
Read More »How effective is gerrymandering?
The article in Isthmus No contest – Dems sweep statewide offices in midterms but remain underrepresented in Assembly by Dylan Brogan (11/15/18) presents the graphic copied here. In short the dems won all races in terms of the popular vote but control only 36 of the 99 seats in the assembly. …
Read More »Happy Thanksgiving from Sustainabilitymath!
To all of you that have visited this site: Thank you! Please enjoy the holiday and look for a new post next week. Cheers, Tom.
Read More »What are the predictions for antimicrobial resistance?
The OECD has resources related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A summary can be read in the article Stopping antimicrobial resistance would cost just USD 2 per person a year (7/11/18), which included the chart copied here. The article is rich with quantitative information. While resistance proportions for eight high-priority antibiotic-bacterium combinations …
Read More »How do you tell a story with data and maps – Beto vs Cruz?
FiveThirtyEight has an excellent article on the 2018 senate race and the possible implications for future elections. The article, What Really Happened In Texas by Kirk Goldsberry (11/14/18) analyzes voting patterns by county and compares 2014 to 2018. Their graph copied here is the fourth in a series of maps and …
Read More »How does the digital divide impact secondary education for different groups?
The Pew Research Center article Nearly one-in-five teens can’t always finish their homework because of the digital divide by Monica Anderson and Andrew Perrin (10/26/18) provides insights on how lacking access to the internet impacts the ability to complete homework. Their chart (copied here) gives the percent of school-age children by …
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