Article

How Clear and Simple Data Visualizations Bring the Climate Crisis Home

Summary:

"Data visualizations are some of the most powerful tools in a climate science communicator’s playbook. The most famous have taken on enormous symbolic value — like the 'Hockey Stick' graph showing rising temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere since the year 1000. But designing climate visuals that are clear to the public and policy makers is not a straightforward task. ... There is growing evidence that more intuitive visualizations, informed by psychological research, can help people make better sense of climate data." See multiple examples of visuals.

Author:

Rachit Dubey

Published By:

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Date:

July 25, 2025