MAPPING
Watching carbon dioxide from space
Nov 05, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Observing the Earth’s atmosphere from space, a NASA satellite illustrates changes in the abundance of carbon dioxide
Ecological footprints
Oct 20, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig maps humanity’s ecological footprints
Rainbow nation
Sep 21, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Riding the new fad for adult colouring books, the Ordnance Survey has a produced a set of labyrinthian city maps to get your felt tips into
People and the sea
Sep 15, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig illustrates how our world would look if proportionally represented by population
Earth at Night
Aug 08, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig maps our illuminated earth by night
Eye on Scotland
Aug 05, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
The Scottish extension to a nationwide census mapping project is now live, enabling anyone to view Scotland’s demographics with unprecedented detail
Storm spaces
Jul 12, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig maps the cyclones and typhoons created by the world's weather systems
UK land becoming more urban
Jul 07, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
A new map shows how UK land use is continuing the trend of converting forest and agricultural land to artificial surfaces
World religions
Jun 07, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig explores the distribution of major religions around the world
Painting by numbers: chemical variation in the Amazon
Jun 01, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Mapping the chemical fingerprint of the Amazon lowlands from the air reveals the secrets of the forest canopy and the soil beneath
Human worlds
May 02, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Humans have touched every part of the world. Or have they? Benjamin Hennig uses maps to explore
Gender inequality
Apr 19, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig illustrates global gender inequality with the Gender Inequality Index Value
Ebola deaths
Mar 14, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
The distribution of deaths caused by the Ebola disease so far in the recent outbreak has been mapped, as efforts to control the spread intensify
New African rainfall patterns
Mar 06, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Satellite data reveals that over the last decade, Africa, as a whole, has become both wetter and greener
Water worlds
Feb 07, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Chlorophyll concentrations in the world’s oceans are important indicators for the presence of algae and other plant-like organisms that carry out photosynthesis
Global tree cover
Dec 27, 2014
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
There is a long tradition in the emotional relationship between people and forests. We can get an understanding of the extent of the global tree cover from satellite sensors such as NASA’s MODIS
Cartography and catastrophe
Dec 05, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
When disaster strikes, the United Nations turns to a charity based in a tiny Buckinghamshire hamlet. Tom Hart discovers how Map Action charts disasters that range from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to the refugee crisis in the Middle East
Antarctic ice-flow
Sep 27, 2014
A team of researchers has used integrated radar observations from a consortium of international satellites to create the first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica
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