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How much longer would you live if your country reduced air pollution?

Alex — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 08:00:00 +0000

How much longer would you live if your country reduced air pollution to comply with your own national standard or the World Health Organization standard?

The number of years saved if a country meets the World Health Organization standard.

Via: https://aqli.epic.uchicago.edu/

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Air pollution in Asia (09/13/2017)

Alex — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 05:24:00 +0000

Reddit user: mmaronn

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Contamination Risk in Houston

Alex — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:38:00 +0000

Facilities are often built for the “10-year” or 10% storm. Harvey has dropped a much larger amount of rain, comparable to a “500-year” storm. These large deluges are happening every year.

All the rain that’s fallen over Houston so far, in one massive water drop. Source: Javier Zarracina / Vox.

About 9 trillion gallons of rain has fallen across southwest Texas. If that water were collected into a cube, it would be four miles square and two miles tall.

Contamination Risks at low elevation (EPA data via Climate Central) – hover or click on the points to identify individual facilities.

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People of Many Nations: Japanese map published in the 19th century

Alex — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 19:29:00 +0000

Japanese map published early in the 19th century depicting an enormous archipelago representing Japan at the center of the world.

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Distribution of Germans in Europe (1938)

Alex — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:35:00 +0000

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Peak month for pollution by U.S. county

Alex — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 19:37:00 +0000

Source: www.metricmaps.org/2017/06/23/peak-month-for-air-pollution-by-us-county

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Rubber Moscow

Alex — Mon, 29 May 2017 11:21:00 +0000

Russian cities whose populations fit inside the Moscow metro area.

Source: sashat.me

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Distance to Biggest Export Partner

Alex — Sun, 14 May 2017 06:13:00 +0000

Reddit: sendherhome22

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A week of trash routes in city of Cincinnati

Alex — Fri, 12 May 2017 10:08:00 +0000

Source: dataplusscience.com

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Los Angeles county’s elevated Levels of lead

Alex — Sat, 22 Apr 2017 05:46:00 +0000

Lead exposure varies in neighborhoods across the most populous U.S. county. In at least 323 census tracts, more than 5 percent of children tested had elevated levels, a rate exceeding that found in Flint, Michigan. In 26 track, both rich and poor, rates were at least twice that high.

Nearly half of Los Angeles County’s homes were built before 1960. The lead was banned from household paint in 1978, but old paint can peel, chip, or pulverize into toxic dust.

Source: reuters.com

… L.A. maps

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