SLR Map

Nothing new here, but a nice interface & an option for an image export - nice! The steps are 2 m, 10 m, 30 m, and 70 m - would be nice to offer more options such as 1/3/5 meters and/or specific ones, especially for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Explore here: Simulate Coastlines After Sea Level Rise

CCS will NOT work!

But, solar & wind will! More @ https://projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-capture-cant-solve-climate-change/. The chart below is from Flowing Data:

3D Undergound

Who knew: there is a website / service called DrillerDB that compiles all US well logs (something like 23 million) and also offers a 3D underground visuzalization based on these well logs. It's a little glitchy and I'm not sure about the accurcay & consistency of these data, but it would match the known regional geology prety well I would assume:

Try it here: https://drillerdb.com/underground and read more about it on Maps Mania.

Flow Maps

Flow Maps are cool, but really tricky to actually design & make look good. Here are two good resources:

• Flow Maps (by Esri) shows some hacks in ArcGIS Pro & ArcGIS Online that can be used to make flow maps.
• Flow Mapping (by PennState) is a great overview & introduction.

National Parks: Crowds & Climate

This is a very cool analysis: what's the best time of the year to visit a given US national park if you want to balance crowds & weather? Sure, there are hardly any crowds in Glacier National Park in January, but you are in the middle of winter. Likewise, J-Tree is pretty empty in July, but can you deal with the heat?

Explore it all here: How to See the Most Popular US National Parks, Without the Crowds

An American Mosaic

Coool interactive web map by the NYT: An American Mosaic

There is an article to go along, but that's behind the NYT paywall.

Svalbard: Fossil Fuels, Geopolitics & Science

Good article here: Feeling a chill

Basically, Svalbard finds itself at the center 21st century geopolitics 'cloaked' as science between the USA, Europe, Russia, China, India. etc.