mauritiantalesDec 1, 2022
Fish, PhD

Many know the #climatestripes, created by @JoanESheldon and popularized by Professor Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading in 2018. They are a simple series of vertical coloured bars, showing the heating of the planet over 200 years.

Not everyone knows about the Global Bio Stripes. They show the decline of wildlife from 1970 to 2016 (based on data from Living Planet Index)

#sustainability #ESG #Biodiversity #ForNature

https://findingnature.org.uk/2022/08/10/biodiversity-stripes/

Biodiversity Stripes – A Journey from Green to Grey

Finding Nature
Dec 1, 2022 at 2:36pmWeb
Show threadStefan Müller Dec 1, 2022
@marcopesce Almost as frightening.
Show threadFish, PhDDec 1, 2022
@StefanMuelller more....way more.
Show threadRuth MottramDec 1, 2022
@marcopesce I actually find this one way more upsetting.
Show threadFish, PhDDec 1, 2022
@Ruth_Mottram me too Ruth. Me too.
Show threaddr Iza RomanowskaDec 2, 2022
@marcopesce Am I correctly guessing that the light yellow stripe to the very right is the Covid-induced anthropo-pause of 2020-2021?
Show threadFish, PhDDec 2, 2022
@izarom data ends in 2016. Covid is not represented here. Furthermore, I highly doubt a few months of slightly reduced human activity can have a perceivable impact of biodiversity on a global scale. We could observe the return of wilderness in some urbanized areas...but that is a whole different story.
Show threadJoan SheldonDec 2, 2022
@marcopesce Hi, actually I created #climatestripes in 2015: http://sheldonfiberdesigns.net/the-globally-warm-scarf/. Hawkins knows this, and in this interview he admitted that he didn’t invent them: https://artuk.org/discover/stories/show-your-stripes-the-artwork-that-made-climate-change-data-go-viral. More of the story is here: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/climate-crisis/who-really-invented-the-climate-stripes.
The Globally Warm Scarf | Sheldon Fiber Designs

I decided to use data describing the average surface temperature of Earth each year and color-code it to create a scarf pattern.

Sheldon Fiber Designs
Show threadFish, PhDDec 2, 2022
@JoanESheldon updated the post. Sorry, I was not aware of that. Thanks for the correction and for your beautiful idea 
Show threadDr Sam Burgess 🌊 🌍 💸Dec 2, 2022

@marcopesce @JoanESheldon

Actually Ed was inspired by fellow climate scientist Ellie Highwood's wonderful crocheted blanket as a baby gift. As described by the link:

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/climate-crisis/who-really-invented-the-climate-stripes#:~:text=Professor%20Ellie%20Highwood%20is%20a,the%20rise%20in%20global%20temperatures.

Knitters are a wonderful community who have adapted weather and all sorts of other stripes for decades!

Who really invented the climate stripes?

Canary Media unravels the mystery behind this now-ubiquitous design — with some help from the Baha Men and convergent evolution.

Canary Media
Show threadJoan SheldonDec 3, 2022
@marcopesce Thank you for updating the post!
Show thread🌈 breaking ranks.Dec 3, 2022
@marcopesce @JoanESheldon very interesting read, illustrated with great graphics. Thanks. - Am aware of MORE, now.