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Planetary visualizations, interactive tools, and science communication — explore our complete portfolio.
Planetary Health Check
The Planetary Health Check: GLOBAÏA's visual identity and figures for PIK's annual report tracking Earth's vital signs through planetary boundaries.
Planetary Boundaries
Visualizing the nine Planetary Boundaries framework -- Earth's safe operating limits for climate, biodiversity, and biogeochemical flows.
Planetary Tipping Systems
Planetary Tipping Systems: visualizing climate tipping points and Earth's fragile thresholds, designed for Johan Rockström's TED Talk at PIK.
Planetary Terminology: New expressions for new realities
A dynamic glossary of planetary terminology, defining key concepts in sustainability, the Anthropocene, and Earth system science.
Anthropocene
Welcome to the Anthropocene: GLOBAÏA's award-winning film premiered at UN Rio+20, exploring the human-dominated epoch reshaping Earth's systems.
Existential Risks
Visualizing existential risks to humanity: from climate tipping points and nuclear threats to AI risks, pandemics, and asteroid impacts.
Human Climate Niches
Human Climate Niches: visualizing how 1-3 billion people may be displaced from habitable climate zones as global temperatures rise by 2070.
Global Safety Net
The Global Safety Net: a science-based blueprint to protect 50% of Earth's land for biodiversity, climate stability, and ecosystem resilience.
Interactive Planetary Boundaries Interactive
Explore the nine planetary boundaries in an interactive visualization.
Interactive Tipping Interactive
Navigate the interconnected tipping elements of Earth's climate system.
Interactive Great Acceleration Interactive
Explore the Great Acceleration through interactive data visualizations.
Interactive Holocene Interactive
Journey through 15,000 years of human history on an interactive timeline.
Planetary Emergency
Understanding the Planetary Emergency: the interrelated crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and tipping points threatening Earth's future.
Great Acceleration
The Great Acceleration: exploring the rapid surge in human activity since the mid-20th century and its unprecedented impact on Earth's systems.
Anthroposphere
Mapping the Anthroposphere: visualizing humanity's built environment, from cities and croplands to pollution, deforestation, and light pollution.
Ecosphere
Exploring Earth's Ecosphere: the interconnected web of biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and habitats that sustains all life on our planet.
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
Breaking Boundaries: GLOBAÏA's visualizations for the Netflix documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough on planetary boundaries science.
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
GLOBAÏA's collaboration with Studio Silverback on The Earthshot Prize BBC series, featuring Sir David Attenborough and global environmental solutions.
Earth System Boundaries
Safe and Just Earth System Boundaries: integrating justice and equity with biophysical limits to define a fair operating space for humanity.
Planetary Sapience
Planetary Sapience: harnessing collective wisdom and global knowledge to achieve equilibrium between human systems and Earth's ecosphere.
Planetary Education
Planetary Education: a transdisciplinary approach to teaching Earth systems, climate change, and global citizenship for a sustainable future.
Climate Change: The State of the Science
A compelling data visualization of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, synthesizing key findings on climate science for the UN Foundation.
An Urbanizing Planet
An Urbanizing Planet: a video narrated by Edward Norton exploring the impact of rapid global urbanization on biodiversity and ecosystems.
Water in the Anthropocene
Water in the Anthropocene: a data visualization showing how human activities are transforming the global water cycle, produced for the UN in 2013.
National Geographic's Atlases
GLOBAÏA's cover imagery and maps for the National Geographic Atlas of the World 10th Edition, celebrating 100 years of National Geographic Maps.