The hard truths of climate change — by the numbers

The hard truths of climate change — by the numbers

The hard numbers on climate change

The world is reckoning with some troubling numbers that will ultimately determine whether it will be possible to avoid the rapidly approaching climate meltdown. Nature documents the scale of the challenge in an infographic-packed feature that explores energy use, carbon dioxide pollution and issues of climate justice.

Nature | 8 min readReporter Jeff Tollefson, editor Rich Monastersky and designer Jasiek Krzysztofiak won an Award of Excellence from the Society of News for this data-driven analysis from September.