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The European Green Belt That Follows The Corridor of The Former Iron Curtain

May 4, 2016 3 Comments

The European Green Belt Follows The Corridor of The Former Iron Curtain

Map created by Smaack via Wikimedia

The European Green Belt is the backbone of a pan-European ecological network that runs for 12,500 kilometres from the Barents Sea in the north to the Adriatic and Black seas in the south.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: environment

Road-Trip Following A Constant 70°F (21°C) Normal Daytime High Temperature

August 17, 2015 Leave a Comment

70-F-Map

Map by reddit user Climatologist49

The map above shows a potential 9,125 mile (14,685 km) road trip around the United States that would maintain a constant 70°F (21°C) normal daytime high temperature outside.

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Filed Under: United States Tagged With: environment

Light Pollution Around The World

March 21, 2015 2 Comments

World light pollution

Map created by David Lorenz, Light Pollution Atlas 2006

While the map above is now a few years out of date (data from 2006) it shows the amount of light pollution around the world. Not surprisingly, densely populated areas tend to have far more light pollution than sparsely populated ones.

Moreover, wealthy areas tend to have more than poorer ones, which can be clearly seen in some of the more detailed maps below.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: environment

Which City Has The World’s Worst Air Pollution? Hint, It’s In China

March 14, 2015 4 Comments

china air quality

Map from aqicn.org, click for interactive version

As the map above shows, China is home to many of the world’s most polluted cities. The map was created by AQICN, a Chinese website that tracks global air pollution stats.

Ulf Troeng, who told me about the map, clarifies that:

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: environment

Mesmerizing Map Of Global Aerosol Pollution

March 4, 2015 Leave a Comment

The video above comes from NASA’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office and shows global aerosol pollution and other particles. And just to be clear, this is aerosol in the scientific sense:

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Filed Under: Video Tagged With: environment


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