Artefacts of a
Burning World

Opinionated collection of 36 articles, films, podcasts and other artefacts related to the climate crisis.

Video

Climate change conversations during live commentary

By Ed Hawkins and Sam Matterface

The warming stripes by Ed Hawkins achieved what only few images and even less data visualisations did: they became an icon. Due to their simplicity they managed the gap between science and pop culture. They communicate their message without any explicit legend and reached a point where the pure display conveys a political message. And when the Reading FC football club wore the warming stripes on their jersey, they might have triggered the first climate change conversation during live commentary of a football match.