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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The heating of Arctic as a mountain
Without meaningful cuts to carbon emissions and land-use changes, humankind is currently on the path to an RCP8.5-like scenario unless large intergovernmental efforts are put into place. The map visualizes the heating of the Arctic as a mountain.
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How Many Millionaires There Are In Every Country
There are now 47 million millionaires spread throughout the globe, but the U.S. is home to the enormous majority of them, with about 19 million millionaires. That’s a colossal 40 percent of the world’s total.
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Global map showing the ownership vs rental split rate
22 of 36 developed countries (61%) saw a decline in home ownership over the last 10 years. Today UK residents need at least two months’ average salary to purchase just one square meter of home.
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Remoteness
The road system of the United States now surpasses four million miles in combined length, plus numerous additional service roads and off-road driving trails. The registered roads and their rights-of-way occupy about 1 percent of the land of the U.S.
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Maps showing how many years each territory was ruled by the country
The territory of each country is changing through times. Each state in the world has reached its territorial peak, which then ends.
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What Earth would look like if it rotated backward
Due to the Coriolis effect, the dominant ocean currents in the North Atlantic move in a circle clockwise, delivering warm water from the Caribbean Sea up to Europe, making Europe temperate instead of frozen like the same latitudes in North America.
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Autumn foliage colors mapped
Chlorophyll isn’t the alone player in the autumn leaf-color game. Some tree species begin to produce other pigments: beta-carotene, anthocyanin, flavonols. When the seasons begin to change, the production of Chlorophyll slows to a halt. That is what changes forests yellow, oranges and red.
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Centre of the population for each country in the world
Centre of the population for every nation in the world.
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Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s (2nd edition)
The Second Edition of Atlas Obscura is a massive book but one that the world traveler in your life will love. There are secret gems with over 100 more places added from the original. Travel through Budapest, Moscow, Tokyo, and more with the turn of the page and showcase all the wonders this world holds.
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