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5 votes
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Photos: Hurricane Ian leaves path of destruction
16 votes -
Brazil is burning down the Amazon so you can eat steak
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As the world experiences sea level rise, Iceland's waters are falling – and flowing to the other side of the planet
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This tree has stood here for 500 years. Will it be sold for $17,500?
12 votes -
How severe is the drought gripping the American West? See for yourself
10 votes -
An incredible interactive map lets you drop a raindrop anywhere in the US, then track what its journey would be
14 votes -
How animals safely cross a highway
7 votes -
Taking the temperature: How climate change is reshaping the way we eat
4 votes -
Electric cars are better for the planet – and often your budget, too
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If all ice on Earth melts, how will coastlines change? I made a rough sketch with a website and video
I'm a web developer who got inspired by NASA's imagery (and my abundant climate anxiety) to make an interactive map and video visualizing how sea levels could change if all ice on Earth melts....
I'm a web developer who got inspired by NASA's imagery (and my abundant climate anxiety) to make an interactive map and video visualizing how sea levels could change if all ice on Earth melts. Most estimates that I've seen for potential sea level rise vary from 60 to 75 meters, some higher. This map shows roughly 65 meters. It's not a scientifically useful tool (there are many good ones!) but I like the result and wanted to share.
- 6 minute video tour set to music - youtube.com/watch?v=7xEPqg-Kyg4
- interactive map - cosmicplayground.org/#deep-breath- it's a 75MB download and not mobile friendly but the visuals are higher quality
- source code and assets - github.com/ryanatkn/cosmicplayground
I made it using NASA's Blue Marble Next Generation, topography, and bathymetry. Unfortunately the land imagery is from 2004. Would be interesting to compare it to an updated version. The song is "Winter" by Alexander Nakarada.
On the technical side it uses WebGL for the map via PixiJS, and Svelte for the rest of the app. I originally wrote it all in Svelte but the DOM isn't up to the task. If you're curious you can switch to the DOM renderer by pressing
ctrl+backtick
on the map and clicking "webgl". The source code readme has more info.I'm happy to answer questions, not about the science though, I just make websites.
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The great climate migration has begun
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Destroying a way of life to save Louisiana: The state’s $50 billion plan to re-engineer its coastline may wash some fishing communities off the map
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How big are the fires burning in eastern Australia? Interactive map
16 votes -
When will the Arctic see its first ice-free summer?
6 votes -
UN Environment Climate Change Report
6 votes -
Rising seas will erase more cities by 2050, new research shows
8 votes -
The most detailed map of auto emissions in America
5 votes -
Half a century of dither and denial – a climate crisis timeline
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The disappearing schools of Puerto Rico: The island's vicious cycle of poor governance, neglect by Washington, and environmental catastrophe
5 votes -
Plundering Cambodia's forests
6 votes -
Losing the eternal blue sky: Meet a changing Mongolia. Rivers are dry. Pastureland is giving way to mines. And wintertime smog obscures the famed blue sky. How did the country get here?
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For eight hours last fall, Paradise, Calif., became a zone at the limits of the American imagination — and a preview of the American future
4 votes -
Climate chaos is coming and the Pinkertons are ready
13 votes -
Mapped: The world’s coal power plants
12 votes -
The new ‘dream home’ should be a condo
20 votes -
The last generation
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Glaciers are retreating. Millions rely on their water.
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A window into Delhi’s deadly pollution
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America is warming fast. See how your city’s weather will be different in just one generation
18 votes -
The big meltdown - As the Antarctic Peninsula heats up, the rules of life there are being ripped apart
11 votes -
Losing Earth: The decade we almost stopped climate change
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Losing Earth: The decade we almost stopped climate change
29 votes