How to talk to an ostrich is a video series by Richard Alley that 'answers' some of the most common misconceptions about the reality of global warming. Some are pretty good, some are pretty bad, but all are useful for teaching.
That being said: I'm not sure people will be too interested in watching and learning if first insult and belittle them by calling them ostriches. Is that effective communication?
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Sunday, February 4, 2018
NASA WorldView
NASA WorldView is great for exploring MODIS images (and many more types of data) over time: quick, easy, and you can download the images or quick JPGs. As often the case, the website can be overwhelming die to its design and amount of available data.
Here's something much quicker and simpler: Global MODIS for the last 7 days - nothing more - just a quick way to see what the earth looked like from space last week
Here's something much quicker and simpler: Global MODIS for the last 7 days - nothing more - just a quick way to see what the earth looked like from space last week
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Planet Labs and Planet Explorer Beta
Planet Labs runs a fleet of little CubeSats and Planet Explorer Beta is their free tool for viewing their data. The 1-month mosaics are pretty nice, you can easily save a screen image, measure distances/areas, and upload KML, shapefiles, etc.
Beyond that it gets a little more murky: the daily images don't seem to show (or maybe it is just slow?) and it is not clear how one could obtain the actual image for proper analysis. They offer an Education and Research Program and so it should be possible to get at the data.
McCabe et al. (2017, Water Resources Research) discuss some interesting applications of the Planet Labs CubeSat data in hydrology.
Beyond that it gets a little more murky: the daily images don't seem to show (or maybe it is just slow?) and it is not clear how one could obtain the actual image for proper analysis. They offer an Education and Research Program and so it should be possible to get at the data.
McCabe et al. (2017, Water Resources Research) discuss some interesting applications of the Planet Labs CubeSat data in hydrology.
Flourish
Flourish is a new interactive data viz tool, similar in many ways to Datawrapper. People like Andy Kirk seem to like it. The catch, of course, is price: is the free version able to do what you need it to do? If yes = great! If no = pay or learn an open-source tool.
Along those lines: have a look at RAWGraphs.
Along those lines: have a look at RAWGraphs.
Friday, February 2, 2018
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