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the Economic Destruction of Climate Change in Every U.S. State

Climate change is projected to have vastly different economic impacts across U.S. states and counties, with coastal regions facing the heaviest financial burden. Florida and Texas each face potential GDP losses exceeding $100 billion, while states like Vermont and New Hampshire show minimal projected impacts. The analysis reveals that lower-income counties often bear a disproportionate burden of climate-related economic damage, highlighting the need for equitable adaptation policies.

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March 1, 2018 Alex

Epic Animal Migrations: How Far Can They Go?

Animals make some of the most incredible journeys on Earth. A falcon flying 10,000 km in 42 days? An Arctic fox walking across sea ice to another continent? Explore these epic migrations through detailed maps and fascinating facts.

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February 17, 2018 Alex

The Last of the Wild: Earth’s Remaining Untouched Landscapes

The world’s truly wild landscapes are vanishing. But some places still remain largely untouched. Where are they? What wildlife do they shelter? And how fast are they disappearing? Explore the Last of the Wild map and find out.

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February 10, 2018 Alex

Forests and Human Settlements: A Visual Exploration

How do forests and human settlements coexist? This article explores tree cover distribution, deforestation trends, and the patterns revealed by global maps.

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February 9, 2018 Alex

Where Have All the Rivers Gone? The Disappearing Waterways of the American West

Rivers across the western U.S. are vanishing—140,000 miles of them have been rerouted, dammed, or dried up. This post looks at what’s behind the loss, which states are hardest hit, and how maps can help us understand what’s at stake.

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January 4, 2018 Alex

The Barriers that Protect the Netherlands

Discover how the Dutch protect one‑third of their country below sea level. This post covers Rijkswaterstaat’s role, key movable barriers, dunes, dikes, and climate‑future plans—with a detailed map we made using Rijkswaterstaat open data and elevation models.

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January 4, 2018 Alex

Carbon dioxide emissions in European countries

CO2 is the most significant long-lived greenhouse gas in the Earth’s atmosphere. Since the Industrial Revolution, anthropogenic emissions – primarily

Map of Earth's Uninhabited and Wilderness Areas

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December 10, 2017 Alex

Where Nobody Lives: Maps of Earth’s Uninhabited and Wilderness Areas

Only 5% of global landmass remains untouched by human activity. These maps show uninhabited areas across nine countries, plus global wilderness zones with minimal human footprint. Even in densely populated Netherlands, green spaces persist where no one lives.

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December 2, 2017 Alex

Large carnivores of Europe

Five large carnivore species still hunt in Europe’s forests and mountains. About 17,000 brown bears live mostly in Scandinavia and the Carpathians, with Romania alone hosting over 6,000. Wolves have reclaimed territory across 31 countries, numbering around 19,000. The two lynx species occupy different niches. Around 9,000 Eurasian lynx inhabit northern and eastern forests, while 1,600 Iberian lynx recovered from near-extinction in Spain and Portugal. Wolverines remain the rarest, with just 1,250 individuals in Scandinavia’s remote north.

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November 23, 2017 Alex

Glacial Landforms of the Puget Lowland

During the last ice advance and retreat (in the latest Pleistocene), an extension of the Cordilleran ice sheet called the