South America – The Map Room

Are Africa and South America That Hard to Tell Apart?

Published on 5 February 2018 by Jonathan Crowe

People seem to be having an awfully hard time telling Africa apart from South America and swapping the former in for the latter: Exhibit A courtesy of Harrison Cole; Exhibit B via Reddit. [Gretchen Peterson, MapFail]

Migrations in Motion

Published on 20 November 2016 by Jonathan Crowe

Migrations in Motion models the average directions wildlife will need to move in order to survive the effects of climate change. As Canadian Geographic explains, “As climate change disrupts habitats, researchers believe wildlife will instinctively migrate to higher elevations and latitudes, but for many species, that will mean navigating around, over or through human settlements and infrastructure.” The map, the design of which is modeled on the hint.fm wind map, covers both North and South America and does not purport to model the path of individual species; rather it’s an average based on computer modelling.