By Catherine McKenna Do you have any travel plans this summer? Consider visiting an International Dark Sky Place (IDSP) for stunning views of the night sky! The IDSP program was created in 2001 to “encourage communities, parks and protected areas...
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By Alex Griffin For this week’s “Map of the Week,” I will be focusing on two artists who use maps to redefine notions of space and place. While cartography has become a more popular medium thanks to digital mapping tools,...
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By Tamanna Akter Since 1980, the world’s temperature has increased by about  0.8 ℃ (around 1.44°F). If  trends continue, global temperatures can increase up to 4 ℃ (around 6°F) by 2081-2100. One of the major consequences of such temperature rise...
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By Catherine McKenna Besides being informational, maps can have strong social power. Maps are a mode of representation, meaning that they often do not depict the entire scope of an issue, and can contain bias. Maps are more commonly being...
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By Tamanna Akter “From 2000-2016, about 3400 square km (1300 square miles) of mangrove forests (2% of global mangrove forests) were lost”- reported by the joint NASA-U.S. Geological Survey Landsat program researchers who mapped the underlying causes of change in...
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By Alex Griffin   Recently published research from the non-profit First Street Foundation has provided a risk assessment for properties based on wildfires. Many properties are already mapped by FEMA and other federal agencies in accordance with disaster risks, but...
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By Catherine McKenna Student loan debt in the United States totals more than $1.7 trillion, but this debt is not evenly distributed throughout the states. According to the Education Data Initiative, among the 50 states, including Puerto Rico and the...
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By Mike Wallace Preventing the most extreme impacts of climate change necessitates a massive and unprecedented shift in energy production, moving away from fossil fuels and quickly scaling up effective alternatives, such as solar power. Solar radiation is available around...
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By Jessie Woldstad In the map above, illustrated by Reuters, the paths of wayward icebergs originating from Antarctica are visualized. The peculiar blue paths represent the journeys of longevity of each iceberg. Immediately, we can see that the paths of...
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By Abigail Vandenberg Watch the 1 minute animation here. Wildfires are a fact of life in California. I remember the first fire and smoky days I endured after moving to California from the east coast, or rather I remember how...
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