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hich countries will double their population by 2050

More than half of the global population growth between nowadays and 2050 is expected to occur in Africa. Africa has the most significant rate of population increase among other continents.

Environment maps

Tree Height Maps

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019Alex 0 CommentsAfrica, Amazon, Asia, Australia, Central Africa, Eastern Europe, Eastern North America, Europe, forests, NASA, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, tree height, Western North America

Scientists from NASA created the map of the height of the planet’s forest. The map was generated using 2.5 million by laser pulse measurements from space.

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Global Remoteness

November 14, 2019November 19, 2019Alex 0 CommentsAfrica, Asia, Australia, Europe, Maps of world, North America, remoteness, South America

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.

Travel Weather

Around the world in perfect weather

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019Alex 0 CommentsAfrica, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, Maps of world, Middle East, North America, weather

A map shows a 52-week journey in perfect weather, between 70-75 °F, or 21-24 °C. It’s a comfort temperature amongst the majority of people.

Cultural cartography

General naming formats

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019Alex 0 CommentsAfrica, Asia, Eurasia, Names

In Western culture, nearly all individuals possess at least one given name (first name), together with a family name (last name, surname).

Business

The Price of Sex around the World (2019)

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019Alex 0 CommentsAfrica, Asia, Australia, Europe, Maps of world, North America, Oceania, sex, South America

The global prostitution industry makes US$186 billion per year, according to Havocscope. But how does this billion dollar industry trickle down to the workers who make it possible?

Paleontology

The Saharan Mega-Lakes during the Holocene Wet Phase

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019Alex 0 CommentsAfrica, Holocene, Sahara

Between c. 7000 – 3000 BCE the Sahara was far from the desert it is today. It was covered in grassland and dotted with shallow lakes. Ancient humans used its waterways to travel up through Africa. Its legacy remains today in rock art and dried riverbeds. This map is a speculative reconstruction of this lost world.