Alcohol consumption, based on ethanol volume estimates, has been rising over the past…
Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
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Increasing alcohol-related deaths
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A race to find the best route to the Jersey Shore
To find the fastest route from Philadelphia to the Jersey Shore, The Philadelphia…
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A year of flight paths, for someone with an unlimited pass
United Airlines sold a lifetime unlimited pass in 1990 for $290,000. Tom Stuker…
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Map of electric grid required for cleaner energy
To power the United States with more clean energy, you might think it’s…
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Crochet lake map
Andrew Hahn crocheted a map of Lake Mendota in Wisconsin. Each stitch represents…
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Using gaps in location data to track illegal fishing
Speaking of non-location in the seas, researchers at the University of California at…
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Fake location signals from oil tankers avoiding oversight
The New York Times tracked oil tankers faking their location as they ignore…
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Smoke from Canada wildfires over the U.S.
Wildfires in one area means smoke and pollution travels to surrounding areas, even…
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Map of donut federations
In a fun one by Alyssa Fowers, for The Washington Post’s Department of…
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A guessing game for place and time
Add another geolocation guessing game that I am terrible at. TimeGuessr shows you…
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A geolocation game in the format of Wordle
With a cross between the games Wordle and GeoGuessr, Russell Samora for The…
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Population surrounded by interstate highways
Filed under random but fun calculations, Alasdair Rae estimated the number of people…
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Mapping where trees will grow
As the climate changes, the places that different types of trees will grow…
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When you cross hydropower and a battery
Mira Rojanasakul and Max Bearak for The New York Times highlight the rise…
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Melting ice, global effects
Ice is melting at the poles, which makes it seem like a localized…
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Areas still controlled by Ukraine
For The New York Times, Josh Holder and Marco Hernandez show the areas…
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Science behind California rains
It rained a lot more than usual this winter in California. Diana Leonard…
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World water gap
We tend to use more water than is available in the world, which…