The maps of America’s quietest places
New National Park Service map draws the United States’ summer soundscape. The eastern half of the U.S. is louder than
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Pollution
London average major road and rail noise levels
Hover over a noise segment and turn up the volume.
Read MoreMap of uninhabitable, nuclear-contamination zones, around Fukushima
Via economist.com
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Chernobyl disaster mapped
The Chernobyl catastrophe took place on 26 April 1986 at the Nuclear Power Plant, near the town of Pripyat in the USSR. It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history. The accident response and decontamination cost about 18 billion rubles or approximately US$68 billion in 2019 (corrected for inflation).
Read MoreEnglish noise mapping
The noise pollution map shows the noise levels along major English roads and railway lines.
Read MoreGlobal Mercury Emissions
Via geovisualist.com
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A Visualization Of Every Nuclear Detonation From 1945 To Present
It’s been 70 years since the detonation of an atomic bomb at Hiroshima. You would think that the horrifying after-effects
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