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By Mike Wallace From raising blood sugar and heart rates in humans to inhibiting pollinators, the effects of artificial light at night (ALAN) on humans and terrestrial life has been subject to scientific investigation since the late 19th century. The...
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By Jessie Woldstad Many maps rely on data that is tied to the land that we live on and rarely do we see indications of human interaction in places that are far less traveled and, quite frankly, inhabitable. When thinking...
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By Catherine McKenna   Gender and socioeconomic status play a large role in how people navigate the world. In the new paper, “Differences in the spatial landscape of urban mobility: Gender and socioeconomic perspectives,” recently published in the journal PLOS...
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By: Abigail Vandenberg As we kick off the beginning of Women’s History Month this March we bring you a map of an untold story of the Canadian Beothuk tribe from female cartographer Shawnadithit. Born in Newfoundland in 1801, Shawnadithit’s childhood...
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By Catherine McKenna Maps, given their limitations requiring inclusion or exclusion of information, can carry inherent bias and further one’s personal agenda by representing the world in unequal ways, for example: redlining or colonizers “discovering” and settling different lands. Counter-mapping...
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by Mike Wallace In January of 2021 the Biden administration issued the Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad executive order outlining a new federal environmental justice and climate action agenda. The order arrived alongside the Justice40 initiative, a...
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by Catherine McKenna Happy Valentine’s Day, AGS readers! This map from the New York Times is a by-county representation of the likelihood that a 26-year-old in the United States will be married.   One’s hometown plays a large role in shaping...
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