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AFP map showing the distance between Australia and South America.
The cloud of smoke caused by raging bushfires in Australia has been spotted thousands of kilometres away in Chile and Argentina, according to weather authorities
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ICYMI, a time line from @LowyInstitute displaying how China displaced the US as the trading partner for most countries:
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Air pollution is a major cause of premature death.
4.3 million people die from air pollution every year. The map shows where people suffer the most from air pollution.
[More in our entry on the topic ourworldindata.org/air-pollu…]
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Map showing the likely path of a drifting Arctic sea ice block in which samples extracted by scientists showed microplastic content @AFPgraphics
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This #map shows that giraffes in various parts of Africa have different patterns. Source: (link: buff.ly/2IYShRG)
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Here’s a map of Captain Cook’s three voyages to Australia. One thing he never did was circumnavigate the country. #auspol #australiaday
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Have a hard time coming to grips with the fact that global temperatures are on the rise? Check out all the global heat records broken this summer on one map buff.ly/2MG1dwJ Via @rarohde of @BerkeleyEarth and @axios
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This globe, displaying nasa's SEDAC 2020 world population data, uses a white background with the population grid in place of the basemap.
Source: esriurl.com/globe 🌍 @esrigram
#geography #cartography #map #datavis #mapgeek #GIS #globe #world #earth #population
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Fascinating. Just watch, even if you have seen it before.
It changes your perspective 😊
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The events last year in #Charlottesville didn’t happen in a bubble. Unfortunately, hate, extremism, anti-Semitism, and terrorism (H.E.A.T.) can be found across the US. See for yourself using our new interactive H.E.A.T. Map: adl.org/heat-map
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Map showing the latest data on HIV infections for adults between 2010 to 2017
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Why is the Middle East always at War?
Viral Map Shows US Global Arms Sales Between 1950 to 2017: albawaba.com/loop/viral-map-…
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Map showing the latest data on HIV infections for adults between 2010 to 2017
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From Syria to the South China Sea, explore the causes and consequences of conflicts around the world with @CFR_CPA's interactive map: on.cfr.org/2zJMXxR
