Google Earth

How Google Earth Mapped 98% of the World And how it overcame device constraints to bring it to your device Sarvesh Mathi in OneZero7 min read

Planet resilence

An aeroplane flies over a glacier in the Wrangell St Elias National Park in Alaska. (Frans Lanting/Nat Geo Image Collection)

“The stability and resilience of our planet is in peril.” Evidence is mounting that abrupt and irreversible shifts in the Earth system — such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the West Antarctic ice sheet — are more likely than was thought. At worst, a global cascade of these tipping points could lead to a new, less habitable, ‘hothouse’ climate state. Seven climate scientists look at the evidence for tipping points, explore the effects and urge an emergency response. Nature | 10 min read

Equal Earth

mapa-múndi

Pesquisadores criaram um novo tipo de mapa-múndi para mostrar o tamanho real dos continentes, sem distorcer muito suas formas. Estamos falando da representação acima.