Above image looks like a giant potato, but it is actually our Earth. After just two years in orbit, European Space Agency's GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) satellite...
Andreas Rocha conceptual artists from Lisbon / Portugal created this beautiful Green World. If you like this art, also check out his gallery (some of my favourite here here here ) via www.andreasrocha...
There will soon be seven billion people on the planet. By 2045 global population is projected to reach nine billion. Nigel Holmes is a British graphic designer and theorist, imagines how much space...
A representation of the pressure local populations put on their ecosystem, this map shows how much plant matter people need for food and other products compared to the amount of plant material produced...
It's crawling with life down there. A remote expedition to the deepest layer of the Earth's oceanic crust has revealed a new ecosystem living over a kilometre beneath our feet. It is the first time...
How does our diet affect the planet? And how do some of the different diets around the world compare?via www.flickr.com Note: If you read this via Email or Feed-reader click Permalink below to download...
In 1960 a bathyscaphe took two men to the deepest point on Earth. In 2010 that manned descent to the Mariana Trench—still unmatched—won co-pilot Don Walsh the Hubbard Medal, National Geographic’s top...
The distance between the Earth’s highest and lowest points is almost 20 kilometers.via en.rian.ru(click above link to see an interactive graphics) Note: If you read this via Email or Feed-reader click...
Near Earth Objects (NEOs) is an infographic project made by Zachary Vabolis Graphics designer / illustrator from Mechanicsville, MD. The data is actual data gathered from NASA's public records. Displayed...
How to see 2,000,000 years in the past? Published on Power of Data Visualization. Note: If you read this via Email or Feed-reader click Permalink below to download bigger image.
A dozen space vehicles, equipped with 200 nets each, could scoop up the space debris floating in low Earth orbit, clearing the way for a future space elevator. That’s the idea described last Friday...
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, thanks to a declaration by the UN. It’s an opportunity to reflect on the true value of life on earth… and it’s a call for action. It involves dozens of...
A look at the effect volcanos have on the surrounding environmentvia Mina Liu
Humans have found a diverse number of ways to ruin one of the earth's most beautiful resources. Everything from biological waste to nuclear reactors are being dumped in the ocean.This infographic will...
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