Looking ahead: all the data you need for 2013

From the Guardian's data blog, here are links to the data you'll need for office pools in 2013 (well, not the March madness one). Oscar winners? Look at the Golden Globe nominations. UEFA Champions League final? There is a graph showing which clubs the top 100 players come from. The sex of the royal baby? Well, there's no data but at least you can look at the odds before you bet. There's more: Portuguese bond redemption and interest payments are due in September, so the column examines government debt compared to GDP. And that's not to mention the Booker Prize and the Nobel Peace Prize.

Four Charts and a Video

in which The Atlantic identifies the impact climate change is having already.

Bonus picture:

That's a time-lapse picture of glacial ice melting in the Arctic, illustrating the Guardian's article about a new film, "Chasing Ice." More pictures available at the links.

Image via guardian.co.uk

Bayonets, horses, and . . . . ships

Here, in case you missed it, is a link to an interesting pair of charts, interactive of course, from the Guardian. (That's a screenshot above; you'll have to click on the link to actually interact with it.) As you can see, the US Navy had the most ships in action during . . . World War II.

We have 11 carriers now, and no longer have any screw sloops, though in 1886 we had 14 of them. It's not the number of ships that's important, it's the kinds and how nimble we are in using them. 

Image from Simon Rogers via datamarket.com

The Guardian's Data Blog

I have been having a good time this week exploring the Guardian's data blog. Some of my favorite entries:

This post asking for readers' thoughts about fundraising in the US presidential campaign.

An entry explaining how to win the Booker Prize - in charts. (That's a screenshot, above.) The charts encompass what happens to an author's sales after winning or even being shortlisted.

Olympics data.

And this stats quiz that "tests your vulnerability to spin." I got 4 out of 5 - how did you do? I should have re-examined this post, but instead I got lazy.