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Today is Earth Day 2021!

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One way to celebrate Earth Day (today) is to review this REAL-TIME ArcGIS dashboard of important Environmental Health indicators of our planet! It leverages LIVE data feeds from the ArcGIS Living Atlas! April 22, 2021 – Earth Day Esri has gathered near real-time information within the ArcGIS Living Atlas from many data-contributing partners such as: […]

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How large are the Western wildfires?

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NBC News built a cool little app that allows you to superimpose the areas burnt by each of the major wildfires on top of your own city, so that you can get a true sense of just how large these fires really are. Check it out at https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/map-compare-west-coast-wildfires-2020-n1240011 . You may notice in my sample […]