Global Melting–The Inland Sea of Greenland
When its ice melts, Greenland’s interior will become a vast inland sea…
November 19, 2021
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Conspiracy Theories
Speculative Cartography and World Building–Burner Face
Seattle, 2121…in a world of climate change and genetic manipulation, a new society has emerged
November 19, 2021
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San Francisco Retrofuture
Here is the first San Francisco edition of the Retrofuture Series maps. I’ve always avoided making sea level rise maps focused on San Francisco, because
November 12, 2021
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Past, Present, Future: The LA Retrofuture Series
Showing the north shore of the Bay of LA after all the ice sheets melt, these six maps align perfectly in a row, from Pacific Palisades to Whittier, going through Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Downtown LA, and East LA.
July 18, 2021
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Introducing the Retrofuture Series
I’ve always been fascinated with maps from the 1800s into the 20th century. Old enough to show a very different world from today, but modern
July 13, 2021
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Fictional Landscape, Part 2
I’ve been meaning to post this second part of the fictional landscape for a while. I did this nearly a year ago, so I think
August 10, 2020
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Brisbane Sea Rise
All the names have been vetted and approved by the Select Committee on Climate-Related Place Name Revisions
February 10, 2020
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Australia Sea Rise Series
This new series will map some of the major cities…Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and…?
February 10, 2020
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Fictional Landscapes from Real Data
My sea rise maps were a perfect starting point for a broader interest in speculative cartography. I love taking bits of the real world and
November 12, 2019
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The Firth of London
Behold the Firth of London. This map shows the city with 66m of sea rise I made the first draft of this map in 2015.
October 19, 2019
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Palm Springs & Coachella Valley
You thought you were safe in your desert resort? You can buy this map. As the oceans rise, the Gulf of California will inundate the Imperial Valley,
October 16, 2019
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Conspiracy of Cartographers
This is a conspiracy. When I started making these maps, it was with a sense of wonder and fascination. The way deep-time would change the
October 13, 2019
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Philadelphia Sea Rise Map
It took me a while to get back to the cities of the East Coast of the United States. I’d made maps of New York
October 12, 2019
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Washington, DC Sea Rise Map
When I first made the New York and the Boston maps, I rendered the sea level rise at a much lower level than the cities
October 12, 2019
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Boston Sea Rise Map
I made the first Boston sea rise map several years ago, but I never wrote a blog post about it. Well, here it is, at
September 25, 2019
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