One of the challenges of understanding the weight of climate change is that it’s a slow process. You likely won’t see the full effect in your lifetime. So, for The Tardigrade, Julia Janicki and Daisy Chung placed your timeline against others to show how your future and others’ futures differ. Projections are from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

Using a series of graphics, Reuters explains Israel’s defense against rockets, also known as Iron Dome. A key part of Iron Dome is its control system’s ability to discern what incoming targets pose a threat. If an adversary’s rocket will land harmlessly – in an unpopulated area or in the sea, for instance – it will not be intercepted. That makes it...

For The Upshot, Emily Badger and Francesca Paris compare the rates of existing mortgages against current rates for new loans. A stacked area chart shows the large share of existing rates that are lower, which means a lot of people aren’t so eager to move, relative to the past 20 years. I’m in that dark maroon group. Higher mortgage rates, higher listing...

Small changes over time or small differences between categories can easily look insignificant, even if they’re worth noting in real life. Here are chart options for you. I’m Nathan Yau. This is The Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members that looks closer at how the charts get made. Become a member for access to this — plus tutorials, courses,...

As I peel myself out of bed in the morning after again not going to sleep at a civilized hour, blurry-eyed, I wonder what hours others sleep. Certainly, I must be in the majority. According to the National Health Interview Survey from 2022, I am not. Two-thirds of adults get at least 7 hours of sleep. Read More

In making an ever-important comparison between McDonald’s locations and golf courses in the United States, I wanted to use Dorling cartograms to show counts and which was more common in a given location. But my data wasn’t shaped quite right, so I broke it down and used parts of previous projects and tutorials. Become a member for access to this —...