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World population explosion over 12,000 years imagined as a 3D aluminium sculpture. We are living at the big end of the sculpture of course. Source: https://t.co/adAwlCBDMr
The world’s largest cylindrical map of the world can be found in Meppen in Germany. It's on an old cooling tower. Source: https://t.co/sjod6qeDs2
Geography isn’t destiny but there seems to be a loose connection between distance from the equator and the development level of a country (human development index data). Source: https://t.co/q3ZSQ8nl0b
The tornado alley in the US has shifted 500 miles to the east in the last few decades. Source: https://t.co/tpqAe5oxot
Now you see me, now you don't. The Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier in southeast Greenland in 1999 and in 2018. Source: https://t.co/WLKnmT8TzP
The Quinault River on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula has meandered extensively in the past, leaving behind dry, abandoned stream channels filled with river sediment that are revealed by LIDAR. Source: https://t.co/6J3WK1nODF
These images show species that are so endangered that all remaining members can fit into a single subway carriage. Source: https://t.co/vVK9W1icgF
The beauty of geological time. From the Big Bang to the Holocene (aka, now). Source: https://t.co/bvFEs40F9r
Turns out that Mount Etna is the world's only decipoint. Also you just learned a new word... Source: https://t.co/HJyr9bEb3A
I found this rather funny: “The map of Holland, but for once, it's actually a map of just Holland.” Holland is a region of the Netherlands and the name often gets used synonymously for the whole nation. Source: https://t.co/Mok1S3IPvt