Lights On and Lights Out
The comparative illumination of the night sky between 2012 and 2016. Areas of new nighttime light are shown in blue
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Environment maps
Maps depicting environmental degradation across planet.
A changing Earth at night
A difference masking between NASA’s Earth at night 2012 imagery and 2016 imagery to isolate areas of new light within
Read MoreThe human impact on the Great Lakes
Chris Brackley via canadiangeographic.ca Cumulative stress is the weighted sum of 34 environmental stressors. Environmental stressor groups: – Toxic point
Read MoreU.S. natural gas piplines
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Read MoreThe U.S. counties where there are more deaths than births
businessinsider.com Biggest natural decreases (Net deaths birth per 1,000 residents): 1. Ontonagon, Michigan – 13.6 2. Emporia city, Virgina –
Read MoreHydrographic Mapping of the Matanuska-Susitna Basin in South Central Alaska
Mapping A Community Rich In Aquatic Resources Encompassing over 25,000 square miles, the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) basin is rich in aquatic
Read MoreRoad and Aviation Noise in the U.S.
The noise map facilitates the tracking of trends in transportation-related noise, by mode, and collectively for multiple transportation modes. The
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People Cause Most U.S. Wildfires
According to a study published in February 2017 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 84 percent of
Read More72 Million Americans Depend on Drinking Water From Small Streams
The data EWG used are drawn from a 2009 EPA study that analyzed “regional patterns of dependence on intermittent, ephemeral
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