Global Remoteness
The maps are based on distance from cities, roads, railways, and airports. The green areas represent places where travel to the city, road and other transportation facilities can be measured in hundreds of kilometers.
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Environment maps
Maps depicting environmental degradation across planet.
Remoteness
The road system of the U.S. surpasses four million miles in combined length, plus numerous public line roads (8.3 million miles), other service roads, and off-road driving trails.
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Autumn foliage colors mapped
Autumn foliage is a phenomenon that changes the green leaves of deciduous trees. By the end of October, yellow, orange, red, and brown varieties dominate, showing the coming of peak fall foliage in the western and northern U.S. When it comes to the end of November, all except the southern counties of the U.S. are past the peak point.
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Countries Producing Most Carbon Dioxide Mapped
10 developed nations contribute more than 68% of global greenhouse gas emissions. China is the biggest emitter at 26% of global greenhouse gas emissions, accompanied by the U.S. at 13%, the EU at 8%, and India at 7%.
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Human-made Infrastructure Mapped
3 percent (4.5 million km2 / 2.8 million mi2) of the Earth’s land cover is occupied by urban areas. However, even non-urban areas contain roads, railroads, and other marks of human presence. Only ten percent of the world is indeed a wilderness.
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Coal power generation in Europe
Coal usage in Europe has been undergoing significant changes in recent years due to various factors, including environmental concerns, government policies, and the growing renewable energy sector.
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Forest, Prairie, and Desert
Place names in the United States have diverse origins, ranging from indigenous languages and early European settlements to historical events, geographic features, and even the names of individuals.
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The areas where 95% of the population live
The global population is more than three times larger than it was in the mid-twentieth century. The world’s human population surpassed 8 billion in mid-November 2022 from an assessed 2.5 billion people in 1950, adding 1 billion people since 2010 and 2 billion since 1998. The global population is predicted to increase by nearly 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, from the present 8 billion to 9.7 billion in 2050 and could culminate at about 10.4 billion in the mid-2080s.
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Moose population in North America mapped
Moose populate boreal, mixed, and temperate broadleaf forests. In North America, the moose range covers all of Canada and Alaska, north of New England and upstate New York, the upper Rocky Mountains, northern Minnesota, north of Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Isle Royale. The North American moose population is about 1 million animals.
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The Colors of Global Food Security
Food security is a highly complex issue that requires a systems view integrating multiple dimensions and aspects of the food system. Food availability, quality, access, utilization, and the stability of each of these components depend on agricultural production, employment, poverty, economic growth, climate, human health, biodiversity loss, water, pollution, consumption, and societal norms
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