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The New York Times, Gift Article – “Over the past several months as we’ve explored different measures of how the U.S. is faring, a pattern has emerged: In multiple areas, statistics and reports long compiled by the federal government were delayed, missing or suspended. Ordinarily, much federal data is the domain of a niche network …
The New York Times Gift Article: “Known for tracking California wildfires, Watch Duty is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it for help…The mapping and forecasting provided by this app, Watch Duty, are quickly becoming indispensable for emergency authorities, utility crews and residents in parts of the country that, until recently, …
In the this is just nuts category – PetaPixel: “Picture this: you’re photographing in the middle of the night, it’s dark, and you desperately need light. So, you whip out your phone, open an app, pay some money, and boom, night becomes day thanks to a satellite in the sky that is now reflecting sunlight …
Scientific American – Here’s how to read the Air Quality Index and protect yourself from unhealthy air – “The color-coded Air Quality Index categories you’ll find on the Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow website rank air quality on a 500-point scale and are meant to give the public an easy way to understand the health effects of …
The Atlantic – no paywall: Images of the incredibly wide variety of marine life on our planet, including seabirds, marine mammals, fish, corals, crustaceans, and much more
Yesterday, the sky did something. Tell us where you were [your city]. We’ll tell you what you missed. A Note On The Sky — Sources & Confessions. Every sky on this page is reconstructed from real data. The words were written by a human. A few honest footnotes follow.
The Guardian: “…despite the obvious devotion of the most renowned literary voices of the last two centuries, the “chee chew chee chew” of the nightingale, the twittering of the house martin and the voice of the song thrush are heard no more in gardens, yards and balconies across many parts of Britain. In the last …
LightningMaps.org is an additional service to the main project Blitzortung.org [A worldwide, real-time, community collaborative lightning location network.] For general questions about this project and for ordering the necessary hardware have a look at the appropriate documentation, FAQs and instructions before contacting us. Also, the discussion board is a good place for all questions and …
Heatmap – A just-released MIT paper argues that the energy transition is still largely following the trajectory laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act.
The Guardian: “”Over the past 20 years, more than 64m pages have been made freely available through the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) – a digital treasure trove for fans of the natural world. More than 680 museums, universities, libraries and scientific institutions from China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand to Europe, Africa, Mexico, Canada and …
Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index Global Map is an interactive map that visualises how climate change is influencing daily temperatures around the world. It displays today’s data, showing which regions are experiencing temperatures that have been made significantly more probable due to climate change….Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research …
Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index Global Map is an interactive map that visualises how climate change is influencing daily temperatures around the world. It displays today’s data, showing which regions are experiencing temperatures that have been made significantly more probable due to climate change.
