making climate data sing
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SingBuffe" Institute at Northwestern | Northwestern University | February 9, 2016
MAKING CLIMATE DATA
SING
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VISUALIZATION
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Source: Halley (1686)
IN 1686, EDMUND HALLEY PREPARED THE FIRST KNOWN BIVARIATE PLOT DERIVED FROM OBSERVATIONAL DATA, RELATING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE TO ALTITUDE.
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Source: Nightingale (1858)
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DOT MAP BY JOHN SNOW SHOWING THE CLUSTERS OF CHOLERA CASES DURING THE LONDON EPIDEMIC OF 1852
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KEELING CURVE
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“HOCKEY STICK”
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2001)
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−.4
−.2
0.
.2
.4
.6
.8
1.0
Annual Mean5−year Running Mean
Global Land−Ocean Temperature Index
Tem
pera
ture
Ano
mal
y (°
C)GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
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SONIFICATION
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THE GEOCODA PROJECT
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If you really want to communicate with someone, it’s best not to show a graph, but to express something artistically.
“ ”Commander Chris Hadfield
November 12, 2014
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Daniel Crawford University of Minnesota
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Source: Toshiyuki IMAI
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Source: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
TEMPERATURE ANOMALY FOR 2015
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cello
viola
violin II
violin I
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Source: Miriam Mezzera
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Source: Miriam Mezzera
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THE MUSICAL ‘GEOGRAPHY’ OF OUR WARMING PLANET
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1880 2015
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PLANETARY BANDS, WARMING WORLD DANIEL CRAWFORD
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“ ”1880s
The aqueous vapour of the air absorbs a considerable amount of the heat which is being constantly radiated by the ocean…
James Croll (1885)
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“ ”1890s
… if the quantity of carbonic acid [CO2] increases in geometric progression, the augmentation of the temperature will increase nearly in arithmetic progression.
Svante Arrhenius (1896)
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“ ”1900s
For centuries these magnificent pines have stood there enduring all the vicissitudes of heat and cold, flood and drought. They should contain some record of such alterations.
A.E. Douglass (1909)
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“ ”1910s
The warming effect of a layer of clouds at night is commonly ascribed to radiation from the clouds, but it seems more likely to be due to radiation that is reflected back…
W.N. Dines (1917)
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“ ”1920s
Moreover, the amount of oil that can be sold locally is very small and it is necessary to export the greater proportion to distant countries…
British Political Agent in Kuwait (1923)
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“ ”1930s
The course of world temperatures during the next twenty years should afford valuable evidence as to the accuracy of the calculated effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Guy Callendar (1938)
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“ ”1940s
While the individual day-by-day weather conditions are proverbially fickle, the climate remains fairly constant, at least within a human lifetime.
Helmut Landsberg (1946)
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“ ”1950s
The extra CO2 released into the atmosphere by industrial processes and other human activities may have caused the temperature rise during the present century.
Gilbert Plass (1956)
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“ ”1960s
A systematic variation with season and latitude in the concentration and isotopic abundance of atmospheric carbon dioxide has been found in the northern hemisphere.
Charles Keating (1960)
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“ ”1970s
Although there may no immediate cause for alarm about the consequences of carbon dioxide increase in the atmosphere, there is certainly need for further study.
J.S. Sawyer (1972)
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“ ”1980s
Global warming has reached a level such that we can ascribe to a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship between the greenhouse effect and the observed warming.
James Hansen (1988)
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“ ”1990s
[P]rojections of future global mean temperature change and sea level rise confirm the potential for human activities to alter the Earth's climate to an extent unprecedented in human history…
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (1990)
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“ ”2000s
Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007)
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“ ”2010s
The pressures caused by climate change will influence resource competition while placing additional burdens on economies, societies, and governance institutions around the world.
United States Department of Defense (2014)
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14 OF THE 15 WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD OCCURRED IN THE FIRST 15 YEARS OF THIS CENTURY.
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EVERY REGION HAS GOTTEN WARMER. BUT THE ARCTIC HAS WARMED MORE THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THE PLANET.
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GLOBALLY-AVERAGED TEMPERATURES IN 2015 SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS MARK SET IN 2014.
2015
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THE GEOCODA PROJECT
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2013
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2015
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STRAUSS’S PIECE IS IN NO WAY
A LITERAL TRANSCRIPTION OF A HIKE UP A MOUNTAIN, IT’S AN IMAGINATIVE CONSTRUCT
WHICH CAPTURES THE EMOTIONAL IMPORT OF THAT HIKE. THE CLIMAX ISN’T JUST HIGH IN PITCH, IT’S EXALTED IN FEELING.
“ ”
Ivan Hewi!, Telegraph (London) August 30, 2013
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@djspooky
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0.
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.8
1.0
Annual Mean5−year Running Mean
Global Land−Ocean Temperature Index
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pera
ture
Ano
mal
y (°
C)GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
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HOWEVER, SOMETIMES CONVERTING A SIMPLE GRAPH INTO
SOME DIFFERENT FORM OF INFORMATION
CAN DELIVER THE MESSAGE FAR BETTER, AND MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN DOTS ON A PAGE.
“ ”
Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy July 18, 2013
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SingBuffe" Institute at Northwestern | Northwestern University | February 9, 2016
MAKING CLIMATE DATA
SING