South America – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 23:08:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg South America – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Are Africa and South America That Hard to Tell Apart? https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/02/are-africa-and-south-america-that-hard-to-tell-apart/ Mon, 05 Feb 2018 23:08:09 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1784918

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 PetersonMapFail]

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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.

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