Climate-Related Power Outages

Rising temperatures will continue to put an ever-increasing strain 

on electricity resources.

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Man-Made Pollution - Visible From Space!

NASA Satellite Spots Foul Pollution Over Shipping Lanes

Nitrogen dioxide is a nasty gas produced largely by internal-combustion engines. This pollutant is rampant throughout the planet, but nowhere moreso than above the heavily trafficked lanes of international shipping vessels.

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America's Leading Metros for Venture Capital

Silicon Valley has long been the epicenter of venture capital-financed high-technology. Research has documented the tendency of venture capital and high-tech start-ups to cluster in suburban offices parks in Silicon Valley, the Route 128 suburbs outside Boston, and North Carolina's Research Triangle (aptly dubbed nerdistans!). 

But a number of recent studies suggest the geography of venture capital and start-ups may be shifting to "urban tech," from this long-held suburban orientation to cities and urban neighborhoods. Such a shift would be in line with more general urban theory which has long seen dense, diverse urban centers — not suburbs — as cradles of innovation.

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Graphic > Deconstructing a Ford plant

An historical saga all in one graphic...

What a great graphic! So much info yet it is tightly organized and easy to understand. The comparison to the Empire State Building is very simple yet powerful - the viewer immediately grasps just how huge this plant really is. The Worker Timeline red circles very simply displays at a glance the amount of workers involved at various times.

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http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/coma/images/issues/200904/map-ford.jpg

Disassembly Line 
http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/tag/atlantic-monthly/
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All in all, a brilliant piece of work.