another interesting map

A thread for posting links to interesting maps.

we begin with a map of the CDC showingh the occurnce of plague in the past decades:

http://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps/index.html

Originally posted by Ponderable
A thread for posting links to interesting maps.

we begin with a map of the CDC showingh the occurnce of plague in the past decades:

http://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps/index.html

So the gist of that is don't move to Albuquerque....

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So if you want to stay young, stay away from Germany and Japan.

A Tube map showing what the stations might have been called had the Tube been built in mediæval times:
http://londonist.com/2014/12/the-medieval-tube-map.php

and new reaserch on what is living on our bodies:

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/03/26/1424409112.full.pdf

Even if you don't understand all the science, the pictures are instructive I hope 🙂

on Ice volume change in antarctica:

http://scitechdaily.com/antarctic-ice-shelves-rapidly-thinning-study-reveals-18-percent-decrease-in-thickness/

and one on continetal shifts (and a nice article):

http://scitechdaily.com/the-mystery-of-indias-rapid-move-toward-eurasia-80-million-years-ago/

and another one for the sex distribution. The aarticle is also very insightful:

http://qz.com/335183/heres-why-men-on-earth-outnumber-women-by-60-million/

Location of the population of Australia:

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2014/dec/22/the-most-detailed-map-of-australian-population-density-ever

One decent tsunami travelling westward across the southern Pacific Ocean could halve Australia's population with very little effort.

old chestnut? Distribution of Castanea sativa in Europe:

http://www.euforgen.org/fileadmin/templates/euforgen.org/upload/Documents/Maps/JPG/Castanea_sativa.jpg

and a map of Ireland from 140 AD, created by Ptolemäus who lived in Egypt!

http://media.irishcentral.com/images/MI+PTOLEMYS+MAP+OF+IRELAND++c+140+AD.jpg