Global Pulse

We made globalisation something you can feel, not just read.

A living, interactive 3D globe that turns globalisation into a cinematic, explorable experience. Toggle animated layers for climate, trade, migration, energy, culture, and AI on a planet that is alive before you touch it, with narrated explainers and live At a Glance rankings for every topic.

The main view of Global Pulse: the planet slowly rotating, atmosphere glowing, trade and climate layers pulsing in their own colours.

Dashboards were never going to make a teenager care about the planet. Charts, tables, and PDFs turn the most urgent story of our time into homework. Global Pulse starts somewhere else: a living planet, alive before you touch it, that invites curiosity instead of demanding study.

We built it for the generation that will inherit the consequences. Toggle climate, trade, migration, energy, culture, or AI and watch the system respond in real time. Narrated explainers and live At a Glance rankings turn passive viewing into active understanding of a connected world.

Trade and climate layers active together: shipping arcs across Asia and the Pacific overlaid on emissions hotspots.

Climate change is the topic everyone has read about and few have felt. Global temperatures are up 1.2°C since 1880, ice caps are retreating, and the heaviest costs land on the communities that contributed least. Global Pulse turns those numbers into a planet you can watch, with hotspots glowing brighter where emissions are higher.

Topic cards from the live product: climate, trade, migration, and culture, each with a narrated explainer and a live At a Glance ranking.
Topic cards from the live product: climate, trade, migration, and culture, each with a narrated explainer and a live At a Glance ranking.

We consume around 580 exajoules of primary energy every year, and more than 80 percent of it still comes from fossil fuels. The transition is real, solar costs are down 90 percent in a decade, but humanity is extracting raw materials 1.7 times faster than the Earth can regenerate them. Global Pulse lets you toggle energy production sites and watch rising consumption unfold.

Toggling layers on the globe: shipping, migration, and climate fields overlaying Europe and the Mediterranean.
AI compute, the global energy mix, and internet penetration by region: three more topic cards from the live experience.
AI compute, the global energy mix, and internet penetration by region: three more topic cards from the live experience.

Artificial intelligence is the fastest growing force on the planet. Data centres are projected to draw around 460 TWh by 2026, rivalling entire nations, and a single AI query uses 5 to 10 times more energy than a web search. Global Pulse surfaces where that compute is concentrated and how it is reshaping the grid, so learners can see the trade off, not just read about it.

Built with

  • React
  • Vite
  • TypeScript
  • Three.js
  • React Three Fiber
  • Framer Motion
  • Supabase
  • ElevenLabs
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