#580: Nature's Heartbeat

Ben Hennig has produced a range of maps on the Worldmapper website and also on his own blog.

Some of them are animated.

Nature's heartbeat visualises the Earth "breathing in and out" through the year.

See the cartogram here (PDF download) from Geographical magazine.

#497: Photosynthesis

A recent Google Doodle tackled the topic of photosynthesis.

This Back to School Doodle celebrates photosynthesis, the process in which plants use light energy to transform carbon dioxide and water into organic molecules like glucose. Oxygen is then released as a byproduct. This natural phenomenon is essential in supporting life on Earth, allowing many living organisms to breathe. Searches for photosynthesis spike every year during back to school time.