Podcast: Two Newsworthy Maps, One Gets All the Glory

By Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
February 19, 2008

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Researchers published two studies this week that included important maps. One highlighted the human impact on the world's oceans. A second documented the past, current and future vulnerability of the U.S. population to natural disasters. Press coverage of the first study was considerable, with the map distributed far and wide on the Web and beyond. Coverage of the second was limited to the scientific and geographic press. Why the disparity? Our editors review the maps and offer their thoughts.

Ocean Impact Map

Ocean Impact Map Reveals Human Reach Global (Scientific American)
A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems (Abstract, Science)
Scientists Reveal First-Ever Global Map of Total Human Effect on Oceans (NSF Press Release)
A Global Map of Human Impacts to Marine Ecosystems (UCSB website with supporting material, animated movie, model, KML of data, etc.)

Social Vulnerability Map

Temporal and spatial changes in social vulnerability to natural hazards (abstract, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.)
Map reveals US disaster hotspots (New Scientist)
Map Series (New Scientist)
New Hazard Maps Show Most At-Risk U.S. Communities (National Geographic)
PDF of related work (with U.S. maps)
Tucson: pretty good place to be in a terror strike (Arizona Star, Cutter quoted on work for DHS)

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Ocean impact paper now freely available (#1) by Shaun Walbridge, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Date: February 22, 2008 18:13 PM

The paper is now available for all by visiting our website at: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/GlobalMarine. The text 'Science, February 15, 2008' should lead you directly to the paper.

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