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Cherry blossoms bloom earlier—then face deadly frosts — Axios

Cherry blossoms bloom earlier—then face deadly frosts

Axios April 2024 Visual & Interactive

Pitched and produced one of Axios's first comic strip stories, using Adobe Illustrator animations and Svelte graphics to visualize climate data showing DC cherry blossom bloom dates shifting six days earlier over the past century.

Collaborators

Aïda Amer, Andrew Freedman

Tools & methods
local reportingadobe illustratordata reportingenvironmentalcolor theory

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