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The heat is on for the planet as a whole, but what has been happening where you live? Click on the map to find out, or enter a location in the search box at top right. The initial map shows average temperatures over the past 20 years; use the drop-down menu to see maps for earlier periods.

Also connections to happier maps, but this has strong impact.

"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest."

Cool interactive world map showing CO2 emissions by country

"MapMaker Kits offer K-12 students the opportunity to work with key mapping concepts at a variety of scales and to see the world in new ways."

Pretty cool citizen science. Anyone can participate! Learn how to create your own sampling kit, sample your backyard or schoolyard, and get our collection back to us so that we can ID the ants and add your species list to the big School of Ants map. Together we'll map ant diversity and species ranges across North America!

Impressive story map showing the effects of the anthropocene.

Wonderful map showing current wind (in motion) of the U.S.

Drought conditions have been at record levels in the contiguous United States for much of July, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, which began monitoring drought conditions in 1999. The animated map below shows the spread of drought conditions since January 2012.

Live and archived satellite weather, temperature, particulate, etc. data. Interactive global map.

Good basic lesson plans for students delving into world population data.

Not sure how to use it..but it is  an interactive, global map that shows data from 1960-2008

Very cool interactive map form the UN whcih shows global hotspots by topic with before/after photos to show the changes.

Cool map showing how the country was proposed to have been divided by watersheds.

To get the big-picture, we've created a brand new wildfire tracker that shows where every wildfire is burning with a side of climate.

One Day on Earth is a global collaborative project that launched last fall for the purpose of documenting 24 hours of life around the world. On October 10, 2010 (10.10.10) people around the world filmed life in their parts of the world. Those recordings were then contributed to a massive film project that will eventually be edited down to showcase the diversity, conflicts, tragedies, and triumphs that take place in a 24 hour period across the globe. The film is not ready yet, but you can explore many of the contributed videos by visiting the One Day on Earth map.

Below are 10 before-and-after images of iconic locations in major U.S. coastal cities if sea levels rose 25 feet. The after images were created by visual artist Nickolay Lamm using sea level rise mapping data developed by Climate Central. Boston's Back Bay becomes the Front Bay, Los Angeles's Venice Beach and Miami's Ocean Drive disappear completely and the Washingt

Impressive resource for N.American invasives, maps, videso, etc...

Play with our income mountains, bubble charts and maps. Still alpha version, but works pretty well already. Open source and touch screen support

I use this site when beginning Nuclear power to show students where Nuclear Power Plants are located. Students may not know where Nuclear Power Reactors are located. As students view the map, we will discuss why they believe the plants are located in various area and not in others.