December 7, 2016 at 11:28 am
This Amazing Visualization Shows How We Got to 7 Billion People on Earth
It took 200,000 years for our population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion
It took 200,000 years for our population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion
Wealthy Americans live in the suburbs; wealthy Europeans live downtown. Why do cities on the two continents have different structures?
The heavy lifters of the global economy in motion
A detailed look at Canada’s “circulatory system”
The data shown in the map comes from a Yale-led study published earlier this month in Scientific Data, which compiled the most comprehensive dataset on historical urban populations to date
The contrast between the dark blue and red regions may surprise you
Nice try Greenland
Finally a place that understands me
CGP Grey, the Internet’s Superhero Explainer of all things interesting, delves into the touchy subject of Antarctica, ownership and what happens in 2040
Climatologist Brian Brettschneider created this calendar year long, 9,125 mile US road trip where each day is at or very near 70°F (21°C).
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