By: Abigail Vandenberg Many of us watched the footage of the massive eruption that occurred on January 15, 2022 in the island nation of Tonga. The submerged caldera known as Hunga Tonga is one of many volcanoes in the Tonga-Kermadec...
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  By Jessie Woldstad In breathtaking detail, a map by William Rankin depicts the number of tree species throughout North America. From first glance, there is a prominent difference between the east and the west. For instance, on the western...
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By: Abigail Vandenberg This map of North America shows the overlapping ranges of three species of bears that inhabit North America. There are only eight species of bears living in the world, most of which reside in the Northern Hemisphere....
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By Samantha Hinton Three-fifths of the Earth’s surface is located beneath the ocean, hiding a detailed and intriguing topographical surface, which for a long time was believed to be less understood than the Moon. The map animation was created by...
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By Samantha Hinton This 1931 postcard titled ‘Kiss of the Oceans’ was created to celebrate the powerful creation of the Panama Canal. The original image of the meeting of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as two women looking at each...
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By: Abigail Vandenberg Merry Christmas to our AGS readers! The Christmas holiday is filled with traditions and folk stories from diverse geographic backgrounds. Many of the familiar Christmas traditions celebrated today were borrowed and adapted from other cultures. The captions...
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By Jessie Woldstad In this map created by Erin Davis, the average colors of the U.S. by county are revealed, showing drastic changes in land cover as seasons pass. Most notably, we see the ways in which some landscapes remain...
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By Ruqaiyah Zarook Today, private individuals and corporations own approximately 60% of land in the United States. In total, 77 million people own 1.3 billion acres of private land. Additionally, 63% of privately owned lands are farms and ranches, while...
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By: Abigail Vandenberg Space launches have become regular programming in our daily lives. Just decades ago a rocket launch could have occupied the headlines for months and attracted thousands of observers. Now it seems launches of all shapes and sizes...
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  By Jessie Woldstad Oftentimes, mapping a common and unassuming phenomenon can reveal beautiful and thought-provoking patterns on the landscape. Precipitation, which is extremely variable depending on location, happens to be one of these cases. In a map created by...
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