Sounds like my MacBook just contributed some heat to global warming because of this visualization
My thoughts exactly. Wonder how much CO2 was emitted just to power the animations in the background :P
Global Weirding: Visualizing Climate Change
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Re: Global Weirding: Visualizing Climate Change
#12I love good visualizations, this one is neat. Unfortunately the visuals don't carry much data with it. That is, it didn't tell me anything that I didn't already know--climate change will provide more extreme (hot/cold) weather patterns. Even worse, viewing this almost makes me less inclined to worry about climate change. That is in nearly a decade the leading headline is jellyfish closing down a power plant. Hmm, ok,…
Do you have any reference for an IPCC claim that global warming will cause deeper cooling??? I've not seen it, though I've read all the IPCC summaries. Reference, please.
Re: Global Weirding: Visualizing Climate Change
#13Dear god. Who is it that thinks these crazy visualizations add any kind of value to whatever message they're trying to communicate?
Re: Global Weirding: Visualizing Climate Change
#14I love good visualizations, this one is neat. Unfortunately the visuals don't carry much data with it. That is, it didn't tell me anything that I didn't already know--climate change will provide more extreme (hot/cold) weather patterns. Even worse, viewing this almost makes me less inclined to worry about climate change. That is in nearly a decade the leading headline is jellyfish closing down a power plant. Hmm, ok,…
it's probably pretty useful for ppl who can't really bother to read up on climate change. probably a lot of ppl.
so yeah, sure, some jellyfish close down a power plant, but it probably causes loads of financial losses... i think this actually already happened? we are probably looking at complete collapses in housing, transport, sanitation and health in the coming decades if politicians and companies keep at the greenwashing. as an anarchist i don't care, but too bad for all those suckers who got kids and worry about their future.
Re: Global Weirding: Visualizing Climate Change
#15Crashed chrome on my mac! Also how are you suppose to scroll without a touchpad?!
Re: Global Weirding: Visualizing Climate Change
#16Sounds like my MacBook just contributed some heat to global warming because of this visualization
It's funny that my iPad 4 handled the animations without a problem.
Re: Global Weirding: Visualizing Climate Change
#17Sounds like my MacBook just contributed some heat to global warming because of this visualization
And the site is borderline-unusable with a mouse... :|
Re: Global Weirding: Visualizing Climate Change
#18Crashed chrome on my mac! Also how are you suppose to scroll without a touchpad?!
Sorry about that, we had lots of trouble with WebGL in Chrome under Yosemite. It did seem to clear up with a new release from Google a few days ago.
The click-drag interaction on desktop is slightly goofy. We discussed adding cursor key and clickable arrows for previous and next, but concluded that it wasn't that bad. It's super nice on touchpads and touch.
Re: Global Weirding: Visualizing Climate Change
#19I love good visualizations, this one is neat. Unfortunately the visuals don't carry much data with it. That is, it didn't tell me anything that I didn't already know--climate change will provide more extreme (hot/cold) weather patterns. Even worse, viewing this almost makes me less inclined to worry about climate change. That is in nearly a decade the leading headline is jellyfish closing down a power plant. Hmm, ok,…
it's probably pretty useful for ppl who can't really bother to read up on climate change. probably a lot of ppl. so yeah, sure, some jellyfish close down a power plant, but it probably causes loads of financial losses... i think this actually already happened? we are probably looking at complete collapses in housing, transport, sanitation and health in the coming decades if politicians and companies keep at the green…
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Re: Global Weirding: Visualizing Climate Change
#20I love good visualizations, this one is neat. Unfortunately the visuals don't carry much data with it. That is, it didn't tell me anything that I didn't already know--climate change will provide more extreme (hot/cold) weather patterns. Even worse, viewing this almost makes me less inclined to worry about climate change. That is in nearly a decade the leading headline is jellyfish closing down a power plant. Hmm, ok,…
it's probably pretty useful for ppl who can't really bother to read up on climate change. probably a lot of ppl. so yeah, sure, some jellyfish close down a power plant, but it probably causes loads of financial losses... i think this actually already happened? we are probably looking at complete collapses in housing, transport, sanitation and health in the coming decades if politicians and companies keep at the green…
>we are probably looking at complete collapses in housing, transport, sanitation and health in the coming decades
Right. You won't need a retirement fund because you will rule the apocalyptic wasteland.