# When climate data is transformed into visuals, some people and places get overlooked

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-22T17:20:01+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-climate-visuals-people-overlooked.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/when-climate-data-is-transformed-into-visuals-some-people-and-places-g-d96bd4/

When a climate disaster happens, people thousands of miles away may encounter it through numbers: how many people died, how many were displaced, how many homes were destroyed and how much infrastructure was damaged. But for the people living through it, the disaster is not a data set. It is a home, a family, a livelihood and a place.

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