Maps that explain the World
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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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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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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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 every nation in the world.
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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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Many of the world’s cities will face sharply different climates by 2050. I tried to visualize how climate change will affect world cities. I chose 6,000 cities and examined the current climate for each using the Global Environmental Stratification based on modeling future climate conditions as predicted by 63 of the emission scenario combinations.
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Languages have various levels of orthographic depth, which means that a language’s orthography can vary in a spectrum of a very irregular and difficult orthography (deep orthography) to a quite regular and simple one (shallow orthography).
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Europe has seen a drop in the intentional homicide rate by 63% since 2002 and by 38% since 1990. Russia and Ukraine reported the highest number of intentional homicide victims per 100 000 inhabitants. The lowest number of intentional homicide victims was recorded in Norway, Italy, and Spain.
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Around the world import a total of $19.87 trillion in goods and services every year. The United States is the world’s biggest importer, while China is the biggest exporter in the world.
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