(hopefully) USEFUL LINKS
Resources:
Global surface water map: Map of water occurrence and persistence
EPA:
How’s my Waterway?: State and community level evaluation of Clean Water Act
EnviroAtlas: An overwhelming number oof layers relating to ecosystems, biodiversity, people, and the built environment.
EIA Energy profiles: Energy profiles at the national and state level.
EIA Energy mapping system: Map of energy infrastructure.
Mineral Resources Data System: Location of global mineral resources.
Mineral Resources by Commodity: Location where each mineral (commodity) is mined and processed.
USGS
National Water Dashboard: Real-time stream and weather-related data.
National Water Information: Stream data for gauged streams across the US – useful for flood recurrence information.
Water quality changes: Tracks changes in stream quality.
Renewable Energy Map: Screening tool for renewable potential.
Hazards:
FEMA National Risk Index: County-level risk by hazard, broken down by “Expected Annual Loss”, “Social Vulnerability”, and “Community Resilience”.
NOAA
Tsunami Events: This one is a timelapse of tsunami and their causes.
Natural Hazards Viewer: Effects (death rate ?) of various hazards.
Severe weather Inventory: Honestly, this one isn’t that great.
Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters: Many useful plots.
USGS
Earthquake Hazards: You can filter locations by magnitude and date.
Volcano Hazards: USA active volcanoes.
ASCE Infrastructure Assessment: Evaluation of infrastructure for each state.
Air pollution viewer: Just real-time.
Climate:
NOAA Sea level trends: Tide gauge measurements around the world.
Climate Explorer: Explore how climate is projected to change in any county in the US.
Impact of 1.5 and 2C warming: By region, explore impacts of warming.
National Climate Assessment: Not an interactive map, but a great report describing climate impacts on a local level. Take a look at the Chapters.
Climate Engine: Make maps and plots of past temperature and other climate data.
Milankovitch cycles: Probably not relevant for your projects, but here is a link to the viewer.
Misc:
UN Population projections: Projections for world and individual countries.
Yale Climate Opinion Maps: Americans’ climate change beliefs, risk perceptions and policy opinions.
River Runner: This is the one where you dropped a raindrop and saw where it went.
EPA Environmental Justice Map: This was a bit clunky, but you could add layers (Add Maps ->Additional Layers) showing toxic sites and social infrastructure (schools, prisons, etc).
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