{"id":2136,"date":"2014-02-04T14:57:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T14:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2014-02-04T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T14:59:59","slug":"maps-the-explain-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/maps-the-explain-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Maps that explain the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/worldviews\/wp\/2014\/01\/13\/40-more-maps-that-explain-the-world\/\">This article<\/a> in the Washington Post presents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/worldviews\/wp\/2014\/01\/13\/40-more-maps-that-explain-the-world\/\">40 maps that explain the world<\/a>.\u00a0 They are all interesting and easy to digest.\u00a0 The three maps below are examples which illustrate key issues the world grapples with now.<\/p>\n<p>This map shows where the wealth is.\u00a0 It shows national wealth and density of people, but not individual income.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldwealth2013.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2137 alignnone\" alt=\"worldwealth2013\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldwealth2013-300x198.jpg?resize=300%2C198\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldwealth2013.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldwealth2013.jpg?w=908&amp;ssl=1 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This map shows income inequality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldinequality2013.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2139\" alt=\"worldinequality2013\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldinequality2013-300x148.jpg?resize=300%2C148\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldinequality2013.jpg?resize=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldinequality2013.jpg?resize=1024%2C506&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldinequality2013.jpg?w=1248&amp;ssl=1 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this one shows what countries would look like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2012\/09\/20\/when-will-the-arctic-be-ice-free-maybe-four-years-or-40\/\">if (when)<\/a> polar ice caps melt.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/ngm.nationalgeographic.com\/2013\/09\/rising-seas\/if-ice-melted-map\">National Geographic&#8217;s wonderful, full interactive is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldmeltingnatgeo2013.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2138\" alt=\"worldmeltingnatgeo2013\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldmeltingnatgeo2013-300x224.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldmeltingnatgeo2013.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldmeltingnatgeo2013.jpg?resize=1024%2C767&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/worldmeltingnatgeo2013.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And in case you are sceptical about the chance of that happening, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skepticalscience.com\/Past-150000-Years-of-Sea-Level-History-Suggests-High-Rates-of-Future-Sea-Level-Rise.html\">here are scientific references to support the case that sea levels are rising<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/worldviews\/wp\/2014\/01\/13\/40-more-maps-that-explain-the-world\/\">40 more maps that explain the world<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article in the Washington Post presents 40 maps that explain the world.\u00a0 They are all interesting and easy to digest.\u00a0 The three maps below are examples which illustrate key issues the world grapples with now. This map shows where the wealth is.\u00a0 It shows national wealth and density of people, but not individual income. &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/maps-the-explain-the-world\/\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Maps that explain the world<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,27,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-economy","category-mediaandgatherings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hwcd-ys","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2143,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions\/2143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}