Rebecca Maxwell

Zoomorphic Maps: Imagining Maps as Animals
These zoomorphic maps were designed as propaganda tools, with each one depicting the world in a way that reflected the message the cartographer intended to convey.

Find Your Way Downstream with Streamer
Water is essential for life on the planet, and tool from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) makes it easy and fun ...

Ice Loss in Antarctica
In the last six years, a 750 kilometer (466 mile) strip of Antarctica has been shedding ice into the ocean at a rate of about 60 cubic km each year according to data collected from Cryosat-2.

Why Do We Blindly Follow Our GPS?
Stories abound of people blindly following GPS directions, leading to the term "death by GPS". Why do people put so much faith in digital directions?

What is the Nationality of a Baby Born on an Airplane?
It is a question that confounds the most geographically and legally astute: what is the nationality of a baby born on an airplane?