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The Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae, which is native to western North America. The trees grow to a height of around 20 to 100 metres (70 to 330 feet) and commonly reach 2.4 metres (8 feet) in diameter. The largest coast Douglas firs regularly live for more than 500 years, with the oldest specimens more than 1,300 years old. The cones are pendulous and differ from true firs as they have persistent scales. The cones have distinctive long, trifid (three-pointed) bracts, which protrude prominently above each scale. The cones become tan when mature, measuring 6 to 10 centimetres (2+1⁄2 to 4 inches) long for coastal Douglas firs. This photograph shows a young female cone of the variety Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir), cultivated near Keila, Estonia. Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus
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I love it how Aboriginal paintings depict a whole story.
Good graphs can also tell a story, as Edward Tufte describes in his books on data visualization.
Global warming edit
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Daily Sea Surface Temperatures 60S-60N 1979-2023
This Copernicus graph is a jewel. It is a graph that tells a whole story in an instant.
The blue, white, red lines are like waves of an ocean. The colours seem to show increasing temperature, yet actually show time, decades of data. Time and temperature coincide.
2023 jumps out of the waves, is out of bandwidth. Oceans are warming.
Climate change graphs edit
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A Péguy climograph shows average temperature and precipitation of a climate per month. -
Change of climate and its impact, with red for impossible agriculture. -
120 years of climate change in Paris. -
Climate change in Paris 1881-2000. -
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The 20 year average is expected to cross +1.5 °C in 2033. -
In 2000 the tipping point was expected in 2045. In 2023 the expectation was 2033.
Polls edit
This chart tells the story of an election or poll. What are the changes since the previous election?
- new party.
- party that gained seats.
- party maintained seats, did not win, did not lose.
- Party lost seats. The top of is the result in the previous election.
- party lost all seats.
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