By: Katelyn Neff Kangaroo Island on December 16, 2019 Kangaroo Island on January 7, 2020 The satellite images above depict Australia’s Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Australia in December and January. Roughly a third of the island is comprised of...
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Monarchs & Queens By: Katelyn Neff “Artist Mona Caron and cartographer Ben Pease joined forces to create Monarchs and Queens, 2010, a map of San Francisco juxtaposing butterfly habitats and queer hangout spaces, part of an exhibition-and-book project by author...
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By: Nathaly Garzon With the holiday season among us, our minds are filled with thoughts of family, gift-giving, and other fun festivities. Cyclist Anthony Hoyte had reindeers in mind when he set out to map a drawing of the animal...
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By Juli Miller Sea level rise is a very real threat to modern life. Ignited by warming greenhouse gas emissions, these changing tides have become a major source of concern as they threaten to intensify storm surges, destroy marine habitats,...
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New York City Brownfields  By: Katelyn Neff This series of maps was created to identify the locations of Brownfields in the five boroughs of New York City. A Brownfield site is classified as land that was previously developed and is...
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By Dane Gambrell July of 2019 was Boston’s hottest month ever recorded, with an average temperature of 78.5 degrees Fahrenheit. While temperatures continue to rise around the globe, the city of Boston also stays significantly warmer than the surrounding countryside....
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  By Dane Gambrell  According to a 2017 estimate, Americans eat 45 million turkeys each Thanksgiving, with the average bird weighing in at 16 pounds. But where do these birds, and the variety of fruits and vegetables that accompany them...
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By: Juli Miller   Migration. It’s an adaptation that has given many different animals an impressive competitive advantage. Rather than risk starvation in the winter, many species opt to move instead. Animals like the blue whale, the monarch butterfly, the...
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By Juli Miller The night sky we all know is dark. It may hold a moon, a splattering of stars, an intangible mystery just beyond the capability of our mortal understanding… and a lot of space junk. Asteroids, space dust,...
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