Maps that explain the World
About 71% of our planet is covered in water, so our planet is sometimes called a water world. Unfortunately, only one planet in our solar system can boast so much liquid water. Nevertheless, let’s fantasize and imagine that Earth is not the only planet covered with water.
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The face of our planet is shifting continuously by geological processes. Splitting supercontinent Pangaea, these tectonic plates have arranged the planet’s surface into 7 continent landmasses and 5 oceans. Here is a visualization of the significant events on planet Earth through its four billion year history.
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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 to Europe, making Europe temperate instead of frozen like the same latitudes in North America. What would Earth look like if it rotated backward?
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In geography, the antipode of any point on Earth is the locality on the planets’ surface, diametrically reversed. About 15% of the land territory is antipodal to other landmasses, representing nearly 4.4% of the planet’s surface.
Read more3D visualization of the map from NASA. Source: www.gregtatum.com/sandbox/#/carbonDioxideEarth
Read moreApproximately 80 percent of people live in an area that’s immersed in artificial light at nighttime. In Western Europe and the United States, that number shoots up to more than 90%. Light pollution affects nature and humans, changing the plants’ phenology, the hunting habits of nightly animals, and human rest cycles.
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