Atlas of the Invisible: using data to map the climate crisis Graphics from a new book show causes and consequences that are hard to detect with the naked eye James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti | The Guardian | 1 September 2021 In a new book, Atlas of the Invisible, the geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti redefine what an atlas can be. The following eight graphics reveal some of the causes and consequences of the climate crisis that are hard to detect with the naked eye but become clear when the data is collected and visualised. Fasten your seatbelts The Federal Aviation Administration in the US reported only nine serious injuries from clear-air turbulence out of 1 billion passengers in 2018, but the risk persists because neither captains nor their onboard instruments can see rough air ahead; instead they rely on other pilots and flight dispatchers to warn them. In recent years meteorologists have alerted aviators to bigger bumps coming this century. Simulations show that as the climate crisis makes jet streams more erratic, the chances of encountering turbulent airspace will soar, especially in autumn and winter along the busiest routes. All the more reason to cut back on transatlantic flights. The likelihood of turbulent air while flying. Photograph: Oliver Uberti/Luke Storer, Paul Williams and Manoj Joshi, University of Reading