Our world is changing
Explore the ongoing history of human civilization at the broadest level, through research and data visualization.
Living conditions around the world are changing rapidly. Explore how and why.
Blog
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Recent improvements to interactive scatterplots
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How much will it cost to mitigate climate change?
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Link between health spending and life expectancy: US is an outlier
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Structural transformation: how did today’s rich countries become ‘deindustrialized’?
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Global renewables are growing, but are only managing to offset the decline in nuclear production
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Carbon intensity in China’s recent history – Politics matters a lot in achieving both prosperity and sustainability
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