Arctic DEM

Here are some useful links for Arctic DEM:

• ArcticDEM Index & Data Download
• Arctic DEM Explorer (Esri)
• Files and Tiles

https://www.solar-estimate.org/

https://www.solar-estimate.org/ is clearly commercial, but it would be interesting to compare the results with the good old PVWatts Calculator by the NREL.

R, RStudio, RStudio Cloud

R is a programming language or a software environment for statistical analysis, scientific computing, and graphics. RStudio is an IDE for using R. In other words: You can use R without using RStudio, but you can't use RStudio without using R. Finally, there is RStudio Cloud.

Now, just be aware: R is open-source, but RStudio is not.

Tracking Amazon Deforestation from Above

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145988/tracking-amazon-deforestation-from-above

Tracking Amazon Deforestation from Above

Tracking Amazon Deforestation from Above has some great animated GIFs and charts. Here's one of them:

Climate Change In the American Mind

Climate Change In the American Mind is a great resource.

1. Great reports, for example Climate Change In the American Mind (November 2019).
2. Global Warming’s Six America’s Screening Tools = the survey and instructions.
3. The CCAM Explorer: interactive charts (using Tableau), survey questions, and data.

Green Mountain Maps

Nothing really 'fancy' here, but Green Mountain Maps is a nice use of open-source data for a specific purpose (here tree skiing in Vermont).

Colors

Here are two great apps for better color choices:

• Happy Hues (works great for website colors)
• Viz Palette

Of course there's always the good old ColorBrewer 2.0.

McKibben (after Humboldt)

“We can register what is happening with satellites and scientific instruments, but can we register it in our imaginations, the most sensitive of all our devices?”

Bill McKibben (http://grist.org/article/mckibben-imagine/)

Skimo in Ski Resorts

Skimo in Ski Resorts is a simple Google My Maps.

Weather Time Machine

The title is somewhat misleading, but the Weather Time Machine is a great data viz / story map of how we can use old ships logs to estimate past weather and climate.

The 2100 Project

These maps are pretty cool: The 2100 Project: An Atlas for the Green New Deal. Here's one example:

Meanders and Oxbows

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

The Teacher-Friendly Guide™ to Climate Change

The Teacher-Friendly Guide™ to Climate Change looks like a great resource.

Tidal Energy

Awning Design

Here's a nifty little modeling tool for your passive solar house: Awning Design (from Science Pickle, just scroll-down).

The Great Acceleration

How to Build a Better City

Great examples of 'scrolly-telling':

• The Deep Sea
• Journey to the center of the Earth
• The Size of Space
• Timeline Of Earth
• Scroll NYC

ERA5 Explorer

The ERA5 Explorer is pretty fancy: click on the map and get a bunch of interactive charts. 

Counting Zebras

This is a nice explanation of pattern-based AI.

DataWrapper

DataWrapper recently changed their pricing structure and their new free plan is really appealing now: unlimited charts, export as PNGs, and collaboration. Nice.

Google Earth Projects

I almost forgot about this, but Google Earth Projects are a quick and easy way to fly around the earth from place-to-place. More here or have a look at the Help Content or watch below.