Conrad Hackett Dec 16, 2022

Check out how land is used in the United States. Cows take up the most space!

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/
First in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots

Here’s How America Uses Its Land

The 48 contiguous states alone are a 1.9 billion-acre jigsaw puzzle of cities, farms, forests and pastures.

Bloomberg.com
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 17, 2022
More chocolate, more Nobel prizes
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/chocolate-consumption-and-nobel-prizes-a-bizarre-juxtaposition-if-there-ever-was-one/ Second in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots
Chocolate consumption and Nobel Prizes: A bizarre juxtaposition if there ever was one

Scientific American Blog Network
Show threadConrad Hackett Dec 17, 2022

This map shows only people. It is a beautiful illustration of where people are concentrated.

If you squint, you can see Australia and New Zealand.

Map by Alasdair Rae https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/3d-map
Third in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots

3D Map: The World’s Largest Population Density Centers

What does population density look like on a global scale? These detailed 3D renders illustrate our biggest urban areas and highlight population trends.

Visual Capitalist
Show threadMorgana
@conradhackett Heaven help the cities on the coastlines during the next 50 years….as the sea levels change how will the map develop??
Dec 17, 2022 at 3:20pmWeb
Show threadRobDec 17, 2022

@morganalafee @conradhackett

If anything it might get more concentrated: it's a lot easier to build sea walls and flood mitigation infrastructure around a smaller, more concentrated area than a sprawled out area.

Show threadMorganaDec 17, 2022
@rob @conradhackett Then, would we have large areas very like the Netherlands???