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Data visualisation designer at BBC News focusing on satellite data, climate change and cartography | previously at the European Space Agency https://erwanrivault.com/
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NEW: Global sea-ice has fallen to a record low, breaking the previous minimum set in 2023. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Does China really “operate” the Panama Canal, as Trump repeatedly claimed? We've broken down the facts and mapped China's influence around the canal to find out

NEW: Can Trump make bitcoin useful? President Trump's embrace of crypto has helped supercharge bitcoin's price to eye-watering six-figure highs. Investors are excited by the prospect of a national bitcoin stockpile, but how such a reserve would work is unclear. ig.ft.com/trump-bitcoi...

I think this is my favourite report cover of all time. Any others?

Without a doubt the most authoritative and scientific map projections alignment chart there is

What would happen if key ocean currents that bring warm water from the tropics to the North Atlantic collapse? Temperatures in northern Europe would drop drastically, studies suggest. Our full story on the risks of AMOC collapse: www.bbc.com/news/article...

New @planet.com satellite image shows massive oil spill stretching across the Kerch Strait, after severe weather damaged two oil tankers. ​​Up to 5,000 tonnes of oil has leaked, with the spill now spreading to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is so big you can see it from 850,000 miles away via the DSCOVR EPIC satellite in Lagrange-1 point (the zoomed image is from MODIS).

NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

NEW: The largest map I've made at the @financialtimes.com, highlighting the tragic events in Valencia. @barneyjopson.bsky.social report looks into the failed implementation of risk reduction plans, building on known flood zones and failure to heed warnings on the day ft.com/content/6199... #dataviz

Sea level rise is skyrocketing in the U.S. South. Scientists are beginning to understand way. Happy to play a part in this awesome piece with colleagues @johnmuyskens.bsky.social, Simon Ducroquet, Kevin Crowe, and @bananafish.bsky.social. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

NEW: How China is setting up shop in Mexico Our visual story explores the increasingly close trade relationship that is causing concern in Washington ig.ft.com/china-mexico...

This animation I made for a recent project shows the changes in ice extent over North America since the last glacial maximum (roughly 18k years). Each frame was hand drawn using Procreate.

The Arctic Ocean could see its first ice-free day by 2030, new research shows "The fact that the Arctic sea ice cover has changed so significantly that [its loss in] 2030 is even a remote possibility shows how much change there has already been in the Arctic environment” on.ft.com/3DgyKJK

Spotify wrapped cartographer's edition

Trying something new: A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?" It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social 🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...

There's now so many awesome #geospatial people here it's hard to keep track! 🤩 Here's a thread of some of my favourite starter packs so far - let me know what I've missed! 🛰️ Earth Observation & remote sensing: go.bsky.app/4PMRhNL 🌏 GIS: go.bsky.app/TJ7qQF6 @milos-makes-maps.bsky.social (1/n)

I’m now officially one of the journalists on Bluesky telling people currently using Bluesky what a Bluesky is www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#30DayMapChallenge Day 15: My data Quick fun project: I was curious if the spare coins I had would tell much about me - where i'm from, where i live, and where I’ve traveled... So I stacked all the coins on my table and overlaid a European map, here's what it showed!

Hey people! If you are into #geospatial anysis and data #visualization, I created a #GIS starter pack to help you connect with accounts with valuable resources in the field. Check it out here and please suggest new names to expand it: go.bsky.app/TJ7qQF6

#30DayMapChallenge Day 12: Time and space With the 2024-25 Vendée Globe sailing race now underway, I’ve brought the 2020-21 race to life by animating the tracks of all 33 competitors, with the winner's track highlighted

#30DayMapChallenge Day 11: Arctic One year of MODIS daily mosaic images Did you know optical satellites like MODIS usually don't capture images over the poles in winter due to lack of sunlight? The "no data" hole grows as we near the winter solstice - and starts closing once daylight returns

My starter pack on #maps 😍 who am I missing? #dataviz 📊🗺️ go.bsky.app/222AVDQ

I'd love to connect with anyone working in satellite remote sensing/earth observation! 🛰️🌏 I've started a list of everyone I've found so far - please let me know if you're missing from the list, or if there's anyone else I should add! go.bsky.app/4PMRhNL

With the latest expansion of Bluesky more and more people are looking for reliable news - here is a starter pack of #BBCjournos - journalists and freelancers who make excellent #BBC content and worth checking out go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD

#30DayMapChallenge Day 6: Raster Ship density mapped with Bonne Projection 🖤

#30DayMapChallenge Day 5: A Journey Only 5 days away from the start of the 2024-25 Vendée Globe sailing race, I mapped the tracks of the 33 competitors from the last edition in 2020-21.

#30DayMapChallenge Day 3: Polygons Drawing bounding boxes for each African country 🟨🟦🟧

First post on Bluesky! #30DayMapChallenge Day 1: Points Simple point map of tree cover in France 🟢