How the national economies of the world compare to US states
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Maps depicting environmental degradation across planet.
Frequency of Lighting strikes
Global frequency of Lighting strikes U.S. frequency of Lighting strikes Lightning density map showing total lightning from 2015-2019. The National
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Japanese map published early in the 19th century depicting an enormous archipelago representing Japan at the center of the world.
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Summer highs in New York City could be more like Juarez (Mexico) by 2100 without emissions cuts. Los Angeles ->
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Minerals on the ocean floor and the genetic and chemical wealth of marine life provide a number of opportunities for
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More than 24 million Americans suffer from asthma. Nearly 127 million Americans is threatened by both smog pollution and ragweed pollen.
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Dutch land reclamation efforts
About 17% of the total land area of the Netherlands has been reclaimed from the sea. As a result, approximately 65% of the nation would be underwater at high tide without dams and pumps. Land reclamation in the 20th century added 1,650 sq km or 640 sq mi to the nation’s land area. Today 21% of the Netherlands ‘ population dwells in 26% of the land below mean sea level.
Read more: Dutch land reclamation effortsAs climate changes, southern states will suffer more than others
The researchers estimate that the nation could face damages worth 0.7 percent of gross domestic product per year by the
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Peak month for pollution by U.S. county
Source: www.metricmaps.org/2017/06/23/peak-month-for-air-pollution-by-us-county
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The New York seascape – 16,000 square miles of ocean from Montauk, New York, to Cape May, New Jersey –
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Heatwaves: Number of deadly heat days (1950 – 2100)
Heat waves pose a considerable concern to human life when their conditions exceed the capacity of the body to expel
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Rubber Moscow
Russian cities whose populations fit inside the Moscow metro area. Source: sashat.me
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