People often prefer Mediterranean climates for their gentle seasons and reliable weather. From the Mediterranean Basin to California, central Chile, South Africa’s fynbos and Australia’s mallee, the same seasonal pattern gives rise to distinctive shrublands and woodlands.
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Four maps breaking down the 2024 election by education and gender show how dramatically voting patterns differ across America. College-educated women favored Harris 61-37%, while college-educated men split more evenly at 51-47% for Harris. Non-college women went narrowly for Trump 52-46%, but non-college men backed Trump decisively at 61-37%.
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In the 1580s, Spanish officials and missionaries discussed taking control of Ming China, outlining a step-by-step plan.
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How does the poorest U.S. state look next to nations around the world? Life expectancy, HDI, and GDP per person show some unexpected contrasts.
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Earth’s seas are rising today, but the long-term future holds both floods and droughts on a planetary scale. See maps I created showing what our world would look like if all ice melted, if alien oceans were added, and when Earth eventually runs dry.
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Remember when October actually felt cool? Those days are fading. New climate data reveals every US county now has warmer falls than in 1970. The Southwest saw the biggest jumps – Reno warmed by 7.7°F (4.3°C). Explore interactive maps to see exactly how much your area changed.
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Walk through Budapest and you’ll hear a language unlike any of its European neighbors. Hungarian belongs to the Ugric branch of the Uralic family, but its closest relatives aren’t nearby—they’re way over in western Siberia.
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The wealthiest don’t stop at owning vast ranches – they buy entire islands. This post maps and compares billionaire islands around the world, with sizes, costs, and owners side by side.
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A map comparing the historic and current range of the giant panda shows how much its world has shrunk.
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Written around 150 CE, Ptolemy’s Geographia listed about 8,000 places with coordinates. The European entries show us how ancient geographers understood their world—a window into early efforts to map and organize geographical knowledge.
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