Infographics, Maps, Music and More: Climate

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Thursday, February 3, 2022

How Earth Would Look If All The Ice Melted

There's a very powerful video on YouTube illustrating
"How Earth Would Look If All The Ice Melted"

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Highly recommended! - Below are a few screenshots...

India and Bangladesh

The west coast of Africa

China

U.S.A. Southeast

Australia

Monday, August 23, 2021

USA Climate Change Maps

Recent extreme weather incidents are examples of human-caused climate change supercharging extreme rainfall events which are are likely to become more common as long as the planet continues to get hotter.

"The reason is based on a physics principle known as the Clausius-Clapeyron relationship, which relates temperature, pressure and water vapor. The principle shows that warmer air can hold more water vapor -- about 7% more water vapor per 1 degree Celsius. More water vapor in the atmosphere means more moisture available to fall as rain, which leads to higher rainfall rates."
On average, the planet has already warmed more than 1 degree Celsius since pre-industrial times, according to a major UN climate change report published earlier this month. Over land areas there has been even more warming, and particularly in the Eastern US, which has led to a noticeable increase in heavy downpours that lead to flash flooding, according to the most recent National Climate Assessment." Source

Every Place Has Its Own Climate Risk. What Is It Where You Live?

Maps Source Below

Stress per Region

Increase in Precipitation

Increase in Droughts

Details

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Watch a Year's Worth of Carbon Dioxide Billow Around the Globe

This NASA visualization tracks 365 days of the planet's CO2 emissions. Called a "Nature Run," the visualization was created by a climate modeling program at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

The video covers January 1st to December 31, 2006, and it clearly shows that much of the world's CO2 comes from the heavily populated northern hemisphere. Periodically, the southern half of the world flares up, because of seasonal forest fires in central Africa, for example.

Further Details

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Minimal Maps (Mapping the Rest of America)

U.S. Land Use Patterns

Grass, Trees, Etc. - Kinda Cool..

vs.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

A cartographic tour through 2014

14 Maps That Explain 2014

Historic Drought

Crisis in Ukraine

A Tragic Mystery

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(14 Maps)

Monday, September 22, 2014

2014 - The Warmest August in Known History

August 2014 was the warmest August on record for the globe since records began in 1880,
This beat the previous record set in 1998.
Nine of the 10 warmest Augusts on record have occurred during the 21st century.

Greenland and Baffin Bay are roasting...

Articles:

Warmest August?

Global Analysis - August 2014 -National Climate Data Center

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Animated Wind Map

This is beautiful and educational!

Zoomable

Interactive Map >

Friday, August 22, 2014

Massive Underwater Landslide

Storegga Slide

A 200-mile chunk of the continental shelf the size of Iceland collapsed in 8,200 BC creating a massive tsunami.It was so powerful it turned Britain from a European peninsula into an island.

Animated

BBC Video

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

The Health Benefits of Trees

Air Pollution Removal by Trees

It is becoming increasingly clear that trees help people live longer, healthier, happier lives—to the tune of $6.8 billion in averted health costs annually in the U.S., according to research published this week. And we're only beginning to understand the nature and magnitude of their tree-benevolence.

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Friday, June 13, 2014

Arctic Ice Melt

So much Arctic ice has melted that we need a new atlas...

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

U.S. Energy Disruptions

Energy Disruptions - US Energy Information Administration

EIA tracks and reports on selected significant storms that impact or could potentially impact energy infrastructure. See past historical events reported on right or real-time storm tracking with energy infrastructure indicated.

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

USA Carbon Footprint: Cities vs. Suburbs

Yikes!! America's urban centers are locked inside vast rings of emissions-spewing suburban sprawl.

According to a new study, population-dense cities contribute less greenhouse-gas emissions per person than other areas of the country, but these cities’ extensive suburbs essentially wipe out the climate benefits. Berkely Article >

Carbon footprints
Check out the Interactive U.S. Map >

Beefing Up Population Density Won't Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Our suburbs are responsible for 50 percent of America's household emissions – twice as much as their urban counterparts.

City dwellers tend to have smaller carbon footprints than their suburban neighbors. They use more public transportation and live in smaller abodes, whereas folks in the suburbs own more vehicles, have bigger homes, and enjoy larger household incomes. Article >