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Over the past few decades, the United States has seen a rise in mental health issues among its population. Similarly, there has also been a rise in consumption of various recreational substances, like tobacco products, alcohol, or, seeing the highest…

The increased seismic activity in the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula raises many concerns about possible eruptions in Alaska in the future. The volcanoes in Alaska are active, having mostly ash-based, effusive eruptions. The ash of Alaskan volcanoes…

I wanted to find out if US states varied in the amount of cats and dogs adopted normalized by population, so I mapped data of dog and cat adoptions by state, per 1,000 people. I used a choropleth to display data. I also created bivariate maps…

Studies have shown that transportation access is one of the major factors in employment (Mengedoth 2023). In many places, lack of a car can be a barrier to employment, especially among low-income individuals who are least likely to own a car and…

This project displays United States maternal mortality rates between 2019-2022 (collected from the CDC) and includes specific racial distributions for maternal mortality with data collected in 2019. The differences between death rates reveal systemic…

Tree cover has been historically
impacted by urban
development, historical
disinvestment, and
suburbanization. The reduction
of trees in urban areas
contributes to environmental
racism, whereby communities of
color often have fewer trees…

Nearly 60% of the earth’s coral reefs are threatened by a variety of human-related factors such as coastal development and marine pollution, according to the World Resources Institute (2011). Under the Endanagered Species Act (ESA), endangered…

Influential Industry GDP growth correlation: 2004-2020

The EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) updates a database that details Landfill Gas Energy Projects (LFG) across landfills throughout the United States. The EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) conducts a yearly overview that…