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Derek Watkins @dwtkns

dataviz @netflix, graphics editor @nytgraphics before that

Joined August 2011
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Derek Watkins@dwtkns
22 Sep 2017
A visual breakdown of how Mexico City's geology amplifies quake shockwaves as they pass through nytimes.com/interactive/2017…

Mexico City Was Built on an Ancient Lake Bed. That Makes Earthquakes Much Worse. (Published 2017)

The devastating earthquake on Tuesday was all the more destructive because of Mexico City’s unusual position atop an ancient lake bed.

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What it feels and looks like to drive from Houston to Beaumont in the aftermath of Harvey: nytimes.com/interactive/2017…

Town After Town Under Water in the 100 Miles From Houston to Beaumont (Published 2017)

Hurricane Harvey left residents of many small towns stranded.

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Tim Wallace@wallacetim
2 Sep 2017
Town After Town Under Water in the 100 Miles From Houston to Beaumont, with @dwtkns nytimes.com/interactive/2017…

Town After Town Under Water in the 100 Miles From Houston to Beaumont (Published 2017)

Hurricane Harvey left residents of many small towns stranded.

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Derek Watkins@dwtkns
19 Jun 2017
New statements put Fitz collision at 1:30am; GPS backs that up. Unclear why ship took 1hr to turn around & report nyti.ms/2sFrTDs
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Derek Watkins@dwtkns
19 Jun 2017
The path of the container ship that struck the U.S.S. Fitzgerald: nytimes.com/interactive/2017…
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Derek Watkins@dwtkns
14 Jun 2017
Finally put up this postmortem about how we animated our Antarctica ice flow maps dwtkns.com/posts/2017-06-13-… nytimes.com/interactive/2017…
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Derek Watkins@dwtkns
20 May 2017
3 sqft of Antarctica maps in tomorrow's paper. Only took a few tries to get it right.
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Al Gore
@algore
18 May 2017
Must read @nytimes piece on the devastating impacts the climate crisis has on Antarctica, & projected sea-level rise ow.ly/rbXz30bQLXj

Miles of Ice Collapsing Into the Sea (Published 2017)

Some scientists fear that West Antarctica’s immense ice sheet may have entered the early stages of an unstoppable disintegration.

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Jonathan Corum@13pt
18 May 2017
Four @nytimes journalists went to Antarctica to understand how changes to the ice might affect the world nyti.ms/2rhh6zf

Miles of Ice Collapsing Into the Sea (Published 2017)

Some scientists fear that West Antarctica’s immense ice sheet may have entered the early stages of an unstoppable disintegration.

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Derek Watkins@dwtkns
14 May 2017
Ya generally gdaldem
Derek Watkins@dwtkns
13 May 2017
thanks man! seems presumptuous but here are my T.T.T. ...mainly just do what tom patterson says though shadedrelief.com/
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Portfolio update! On Jan 1! dwtkns.com/portfolio/ Now to avoid any/all personal or professional development for the rest of 2017.

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John Schwartz@jswatz
9 Dec 2016
Mesmerizing: See how climate change and human action alter the landscape. @dwtkns @henryfountain nyti.ms/2h4gfw7

Mapping Three Decades of Global Water Change (Published 2016)

New research reveals how water has changed across the surface of the earth over the last 30 years.

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North Carolina is a dead heat: see the results at the precinct level as they come in nytimes.com/interactive/2016…
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Kevin Quealy@KevinQ
1 Nov 2016
A lovely survey of NYT election maps – including the huge one in today's print edition – by @aliciaparlap: nytimes.com/interactive/2016…

There Are Many Ways to Map Election Results. We’ve Tried Most of Them. (Published 2016)

There’s not always one form that reveals every trend in the most contextually accurate and accessible way.

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map nerd twitter is really cranking up the pedantry today #chloropeth
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Yue Qiu@YueQiu_
24 Oct 2016
A sad story about my hometown: living in China's expanding deserts nytimes.com/interactive/2016…
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Kevin Quealy@KevinQ
13 Oct 2016
Trump was never a fan tbh nytimes.com/interactive/2016…
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Blue Subscription@bluesubcription
5 Oct 2016
Stepping over the dead on a migrant vessel ‘Just like a slavery boat’. Must-see photos by @ArisMessinis nyti.ms/2dyyW7P
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Linear yardangs from wind erosion and Aorounga Crater, N. Chad. Landsat 8 / Full 30m rez: dwtkns.com/x/aorounga.jpg
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