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World
Travel Contraction Rates
The travel and transportation industry has come to halt as measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 were enacted over the past few months. As governments are slowly looking to reopen economies, including the travel industry for the summer season, this visualization by EpiRisk looks at the probability of exporting infected individuals from sites affected by the coronavirus outbreak to other areas in the world. It analyzes data from the Official Aviation Guide’s database on the airline transportation network and the patterns of daily commuters, while also exploring the effects of governmental restrictions applied to travel and transportation measures. This interactive map shows the relative risk and likely distribution of imported cases from any country, with the aim of assisting policy makers as they make decision relating to international travel in the coming weeks and months.
This map depicts the top ten international connections from the United States and the corresponding risk percentage of contracting the virus in those countries. All COVID-19 updates will be displayed in a red box.
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United States
Protests Spread Across the U.S.
In the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody, widespread protests against police brutality have occurred in cities across the nation. At least twenty-one states have deployed troops from the National Guard, over four-thousand people have been arrested, and several deaths have resulted from the violence. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets over the last several days, marching through major U.S. cities and calling for justice for the disproportional amount of black Americans killed by police each year. Protesters are encouraged to wear personal protective gear as in many states, the threat of contracting COVID-19 is still extremely high.
This map depicts the location of protests and identifies which states have deployed their National Guard troops. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Al Jezeera
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Scotland
World’s Oldest Bug
A 425-million year old fossilized millipede from the Scottish island of Kerrera has been named the world’s oldest bug. Researchers used microscopic minerals to date the fossil, showing that the bug is about 75 million years younger than scientists believed. As the oldest creature on land, the fossil of the millipede species, Kampecaris obanensis suggests that bugs and plants evolved from water to land in 40 million years. In the larger scheme of the evolutionary timeline, a 40-million evolutionary period for the creepy crawlers is a more rapid phase than previously believed.
This map depicts the Kerrera land of Scotland where the oldest bug was uncovered. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Which sea has shrunk over 75% of its original size due to agriculture water diversion?
A: Aral Sea
During the 1960s, the Soviet Union undertook a major water diversion project on the arid plains of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. The Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers that fed the Aral Sea were diverted. As irrigation made the desert bloom, the shrinking of the Aral Sea (once the fourth largest in the world) resulted in the collapse of fisheries and communities that depended on it.
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Q: A series of concrete causeways known as the Churchill Barriers connect the islands of which archipelago with mainland Scotland?
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