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Shifting to batteries for electricity

by Nathan Yau | May 17, 2024 | batteries, electricity, New York Times, Statistical Visualization

To capture solar energy for use in the evening, batteries have grown in popularity over the last few years, especially in California. For the New York Times, Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich show the shift with a pair of stacked area charts. Five years ago, these pair...

Historical cicada maps

by Nathan Yau | May 7, 2024 | Cicada, Maps, New York Times

It’s been over 200 years since the cicadas of Brood XIII and Brood XIX came up at the same time. For the New York Times, Jonathan Corum revisits old cicada maps by Charles L. Marlatt from 1922. The spatial distributions look similar to current patterns and show how...

People movements during the eclipse

by Nathan Yau | Apr 11, 2024 | Eclipse, Maps, New York Times, people

As you might expect, the path of totality brought increased activities as people tried to get in the right spots. For the New York Times, Charlie Smart mapped the movements based on activity data from Mapbox and traffic data from TomTom. Tags: eclipse, New York Times,...

Maps in the wild

by Nathan Yau | Mar 17, 2024 | decor, Maps, New York Times

For the New York Times, Eve Kahn describes the use of maps outside of looking up directions: Cartographic décor can help sate fundamental human needs to feel oriented. “Maps are inherently trusted — there’s something about them that makes people feel secure,” said PJ...

Noise and health

by Nathan Yau | Jun 29, 2023 | health, Infographics, New York Times, noise

The New York Times explores how noise impacts health: Anyone who lives in a noisy environment, like the neighborhoods near this Brooklyn highway, may feel they have adapted to the cacophony. But data shows the opposite: Prior noise exposure primes the body to...

Map of electric grid required for cleaner energy

by Nathan Yau | Jun 26, 2023 | electricity, grid, Maps, New York Times

To power the United States with more clean energy, you might think it’s just a matter of building more solar farms and wind turbines. But of course it’s more complicated. For The New York Times, Nadja Popovich and Brad Plumer describe and map the challenges: America’s...