Mapping ice layers with radar data

January 28, 2015

Topic

Maps / ice, NASA, weather

I don’t know exactly how much data NASA has in the bank, but I think it’s a lot. Explained in the video below, they estimated the age of ice layers in Greenland by flying a plane over the Greenland Ice Sheet and pulsing radar to gather information.

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Billions at the Franchise Box Office

There’s big money in wizarding worlds, galaxies far away, and various time-shifted universes. Let’s take a stroll through the billions of dollars earned by franchises over the years.

Bed Sizes Around the World

A king bed isn’t the same size everywhere. Sometimes, a king is a queen.

A Day in the Life: Work and Home

I simulated a day for employed Americans to see when and where they work.