Wowza. Look at this chart on wildfires in France from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social EFFIS. Red line is cumulative area burned this year; blue line is average since 2006...
Joseph C
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visual journalism @TheEconomist | studying MSc Geographic Data Sci. | remote sensing, GEOINT, computational journalism | josephc.net 🇪🇺🇬🇱
Ukrainian strikes are inflicting pain deep inside Russia
Ukrainian strikes are inflicting pain deep inside Russia
Our modelling suggests they are doing even more damage than commonly assumed
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We're hiring! It's only a fixed-term contract for maternity cover but the job—and the team—is interesting and fun infographics.economist.com/jobs/2026/in...
We’re hiring an interactive visual journalist
Come and join The Economist’s data team on a fixed-term contract
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North Korea lost more than 2,280 troops fighting for Russia in Kursk region, according to names engraved on plaques at Pyongyang’s new “Memorial Museum of Military Feats in the Foreign Military Operation”, unveiled on April 27. South Korean daily Donga did the count 1/3
A battle in Kurmuk illustrates the Rapid Support Forces’s transformation from an unusually well-armed and well-connected paramilitary unit into a transnational business-cum-military empire
How a Sudanese militia built a military and economic empire
Three years into Sudan’s civil war, the Rapid Support Forces has grown into a regional power
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Ollie Ballinger (not on Bluesky) has created a method to detect building damage in Iran using open source radar imagery, in light of satellite image companies restricting access to images from the country. The method is described in this peer-reviewed paper: t.co/OAXynsosnt
I analysed data on 788 distinct attacks, 1,860 missile and drone launches, and abnormal “high-temperature events”, such as fires, at 208 strategic sites. It suggested the war has entered a new phase. www.economist.com/interactive/...
The Iran war has entered a new phase
Both sides have changed their tactics, our data analysis finds
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These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
“Seen from the sky, once bustling markets are empty and overgrown with vegetation.“ www.economist.com/interactive/...
Seen from above, el-Fasher is a ghost town
Satellite imagery reveals how North Darfur’s capital has been abandoned after its fall
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A nearly one-week animation for Hurricane Melissa with infrared (IR) imagery on the left and its maximum wind speed (intensity) evolution on the right. The animation briefly pauses at landfall in Jamaica. IR images extend about 600 km from the center of the storm to illustrate its shape evolution.
What makes Hurricane Melissa so different to other storms? A terrific piece with stellar graphics pulled together by our special-projects team with help from across the paper @ainsliejstone.bsky.social @fteoldi.bsky.social @eljlees.bsky.social @josephc.net www.economist.com/interactive/...
Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest storms ever recorded
Jamaica and Cuba are in its path
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“The offensive has come at an enormous cost: our meta-estimate suggests over 100,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war this year.” The quiescence of Russian society in the face of the meaningless slaughter of their men is horrifying.
Russia's latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing, again
Hundreds of thousands of Vladimir Putin's troops are losing their lives for barely any land
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The commercial remote sensing industry relies extensively on NASA data from missions like MODIS, VIIRS, and PACE for calibration & atmospheric correction. It’s not just about climate & the environment.
Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 12mo agoNASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Russia and NATO have the most extensive networks of military and civilian bases in the Arctic. These maps illustrate their ambitions for the region
The looming military threat in the Arctic
Great-power competition in the far north puts renewed attention on Svalbard
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Great-power competition in the far north puts renewed attention on Svalbard www.economist.com/interactive/...
‘Within just over a week Florida used emergency powers to seize land from Miami-Dade County and build a 3,000-bed prison in the middle of a national preserve.‘ www.economist.com/interactive/...
Alligator Alcatraz: an exercise in performative cruelty
Many Republican voters don’t like it
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New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.
Our analysis of data from the front lines in Ukraine suggests Russia is suffering its heaviest losses of the conflict so far. We use satellites to track the fighting: www.economist.com/interactive/...
Russia’s summer Ukraine offensive looks like its deadliest yet
Our analysis of what it has cost both sides
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Driving food insecurity and competition for resources, climate change can indirectly intensify conflict risks. Cornelia Scholz explains how we can analyse trends in climate and conflict data, and understand the risks. www.bellingcat.com/resources/ho...
The Story of a Storm Part II: Visualising Conflict and Displacement Data - bellingcat
Extreme weather events are increasingly forcing millions of people from their homes. In this guide we will focus on visualising conflict, climate and displacement data.
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Iran’s nuclear programme is distributed among several sites, as our map shows. This makes it harder to attack and disrupt https://econ.trib.al/lokRjlR
Mapping Iran’s nuclear programme
American and Israeli strikes have done clear damage, but uncertainties remain about what has survived
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Nearly 24 hours after #Internet connectivity was cut in the country, #Iran remains offline, with the last bits of traffic disappearing around 20:00 last evening. Follow the latest status at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...
To track the Israel-Iran war, @economist.com, I think uniquely, monitors 208 strategic sites in Iran for abnormal thermal activity. It can be hard to know how much maps of confirmed strikes may miss. We find broad overlap, but not perfect. www.economist.com/interactive/...
Today, Ukrainian intelligence launched 117 attack drones from trucks that had been placed near Russian air bases. I tasked several collects this morning via Umbra and my first images have already started processing. What a remarkable success in a well-executed operation.
