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1 | Hi there | |
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3 | Welcome to our Carbon Dioxide Megasheet | |
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5 | Here you'll find all the latest and pertinent data on Carbon Dioxide and global warming. | |
6 | lovingly gathered and hand-curated by Information is Beautiful | |
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8 | The original inspiration for this graphic was Rolling Stone's "Global Warming's Terrifying Math" | http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719 |
9 | by Bill McKibben (july 2012) | |
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11 | Before we could visualize the data in the article, we had to check all the numbers. | |
12 | Apart from one spurious calculation about the odds of global warming happening by chance, it all stood up. | |
13 | This TERRIFYING! datasheet is the result. | |
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15 | See the graphic here: | Here's a downloadable hi-res PDF |
16 | http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/dec/07/carbon-dioxide-doha-information-beautiful | http://infobeautiful2.s3.amazonaws.com/IIB_Gigatons_CO2_PDF.zip |
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18 | Big thank you for incredible, painstaking work by head researcher Miriam Quick | @miriamquick |
19 | helped a ton by Ella Hollowood. | @ejhollowood |
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21 | Every single row and every single number in this spreadsheet is sourced - and double-sourced where possible. | |
22 | Use the contents and sheet tabs below to navigate. | |
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24 | If you spot any errors, please email informationisbeautiful@gmail.com | |
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26 | Thank you! | |
27 | David McCandless | |
28 | InformationisBeautiful.net | |
29 | 6th Dec 2012 | |
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33 | Summary - key numbers used in the graphic | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndHFEZkpzR1o0UjNtNkt1Uk5BWDR6dkE#gid=21 |
34 | Global Warming Table - key data for the 'effects of global warming table' | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndHFEZkpzR1o0UjNtNkt1Uk5BWDR6dkE#gid=22 |
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36 | How warm is it going to get? What if we burned all the fossil fuels we have? | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndHFEZkpzR1o0UjNtNkt1Uk5BWDR6dkE#gid=18 |
37 | What are the repercussions of global warming, by °C? | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndHFEZkpzR1o0UjNtNkt1Uk5BWDR6dkE#gid=7 |
38 | Where is the ice melting? And how quickly? | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndHFEZkpzR1o0UjNtNkt1Uk5BWDR6dkE#gid=11 |
39 | How much fossil fuel can we burn and still stay below a temperature increase of 2°C? | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndHFEZkpzR1o0UjNtNkt1Uk5BWDR6dkE#gid=3 |
40 | How long will the CO2 remain in the atmosphere? How long will it take for temperatures to return to normal? | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndHFEZkpzR1o0UjNtNkt1Uk5BWDR6dkE#gid=14 |
41 | Which countries release the most CO2? | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndHFEZkpzR1o0UjNtNkt1Uk5BWDR6dkE#gid=1 |
42 | Which countries release the most CO2 per capita? | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndHFEZkpzR1o0UjNtNkt1Uk5BWDR6dkE#gid=12 |
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45 | Sources, ideas & notes dropoff | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndHFEZkpzR1o0UjNtNkt1Uk5BWDR6dkE#gid=6 |
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