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Writer's pictureAlex Ip
Dec 30, 20221 min read

Sweet Sixteen: Some Cool Charts We Made in 2022


This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.

 

In 2022, The Xylom’s visual journalist team (of one) covered everything from zero-COVID impacts in China to biodiversity issues, and climate stories ranging from flooding in Nigeria to wildfires devastating the rural West. Inspired by a similar year-in-review piece from FiveThirtyEight, here are some of the most interesting — and weird and colorful and complicated — charts we made in the last 12 months.

Charts are grouped by topic but are not in any particular order beyond that. Click any of them to read the story featuring that chart.


 

Biodiversity

 


 

Climate

 


 

Extreme Weather

 



 

COVID-19

 


 

Health

 


 

Research

 

 

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Alex Ip

Alex is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Xylom, the only Asian American science newsroom in the United States. He covers the future of cities and environmental justice, with a focus on the American South and the Global South. His reporting surrounding false statements from the City of Atlanta regarding "Cop City" led him to being named the Atlanta Press Club's Rising Star in 2024. Born and raised in Hong Kong and being fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin, Alex also recently led a team to translate the KSJ Science Editing Handbook into Chinese (Traditional and Simplified). Alex holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Georgia Tech and master's degree in Science Writing from MIT.

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