Geothermal!

Racism, Redlining, and Global Warming

 Great mapping by the NYT: How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering

These are cool!

 https://www.ericknightmaps.com/panoramas

Stats are easy!

Classic xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2400/

Fluff You 2020!

Land Below Sealevel

Nothing new here, but a nice map: Land projected to be below the annual flood level in 2050 (here: Boston). Zoom, pan, and change the settings: our choices matter!

Data Organization in Spreadsheets

Data Organization in Spreadsheets is a great little (open-access, thanks!) paper with all kinds of useful tips - perfect for helping students get better with MS Excel.

Why TV Comedies Get Climate Change So Wrong

Science Games

This is by no means a comprehensive list or an endorsement, but here are three science-related games:

1. The Climate Trail (https://www.theclimatetrail.com/) has gotten good reviews from fellow educators.
2. The Cranky Uncle Game (https://crankyuncle.com/game/) looks great and I like John Cook's work.
3. Plague Inc: The Cure lets you save the world from a global pandemic.

The Best Projection?

Choropleth maps (also called thematic maps) visualize data as a function of geographic areas and, as with every map, you need a projection to convert the 3D shape of the earth to the 2D shape of your screen or piece of paper. This is not really an issue when mapping a small area (say census tracts in Massachusetts), but becomes an issue when mapping at the scale of the plant.

Designing choropleth maps: What projection to choose? tries to figure-out what map projection is the best. Obviously it has to be an equal-area projection, but which one?

For me: Equal Earth or Mollweide.

Esri Field Maps

Esri Field Maps is the new field mapping app - basically the 'new' version of Collector for ArcGIS. Unfortunately my old iPhone / iOS cannot run it...but here are 5 things to try in Field Maps 

Reconstructing Land Use LiDAR

Reconstructing Land Use LiDAR is a great example of using an Esri Story Map to create a tutorial.

COVID Precaution Level

 Brilliant: https://xkcd.com/2395/

Earth - Sun Relations

This is brilliant: https://drajmarsh.bitbucket.io/earthsun.html

Esri Story Map: Map Tours.

 Quick test of the new block option: The White Mountains

Living Nations, Living Words

 Living Nations, Living Words is a nice Story Map of First Peoples Poetry.

Clean Energy

Here are a few recent videos:

• Electrify Everything Basics - How to run your life on clean energy (especially your home)
• How a Heat Pump Works (This Old House)
• What Is Green Hydrogen And Will It Power The Future? (CNBC)

The Datafication of Society

Great article here: The sensor desert quandary: What does it mean (not) to count in the smart city? (Robinson and Franklin, 2020).

Interesting issues of data justice: sensor deserts mean that you are not counted, but also not under surveillance. In other words: is a (white) privilege to live in a neighborhood not covered by surveillance sensors in the city?