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FastCompany.com presents a new chart, putting the size—and cost—of the spill into perspective.

Potential impacts of climate change.

Not an image, but a real-time simulation displaying the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.

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Not the sun.

Another oil spill infographic

In Deep Water

Oil- Can we afford to spill it?

1 Wastewater from the entire building flows into a holding tank where solids settle, like in a septic tank. The reclaimed liquid up top gets pumped to the lobby.

2 Garden-like “wetland cells” layered with plants, soil, and rocks collect the water and capture biological compounds and pathogens.

3 On its way out of the garden, the water is further sterilized by ultraviolet light in the pipes. Then it’s recycled back into the plumbing system.