What America Looks Like After 700 Meters of Sea Level Rise / / No Comments Ever wondered what North America would look like if the oceans rose by a staggering 690 meters? The Sliding Shores map gives us a fascinating peek at a radically transformed United States. Granted, even if every global ice sheet melted tomorrow, sea levels would max out around 80 meters – meaning this apocalyptic drowning is strictly theoretical. But as an exercise in extreme topographic visualization, it makes for a captivating spatial experiment. If you’re looking to explore actual, science-backed climate projections rather than wild cartographic extremes, Climate Central’s Coastal Risk Finder is probably a better sea level rise map. However, Sliding Shores does offer a more... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: after, America, Level, like, looks, Meters, Rise
The 2024 Sea-Level Rise Map / / No Comments The 2024 U.S. Sea Level Report Cards from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) reveal that Gulf Coast states, particularly Louisiana and Texas, continue to experience some of the fastest rates of sea-level rise in the country.Published annually, the VIMS sea-level report uses observed tide gauge data to track sea-level trends across the United States and project future changes based Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: 2024, Rise, SeaLevel
The Rise & Fall of National Rail Networks / / No Comments The Berliner-Morgenpost has visualized the rise and fall of the German rail network from its rapid growth in the 19th Century right up to its 21st Century post-privatization contraction. The German Rail Network from 1835 Until Today uses an interactive map to show all the active rail lines in Germany for every single year from 1835 until 2022.On December the 7th 1835 a six-kilometer rail line Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Fall, National, Networks, Rail, Rise