Interactive Population Map Tool: USA

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Meghan Juedeman
Austin, TX has an influx of visitors every fall for the ACL music festival. Some of these visitors just might become permanent residents in the next 15 years!

Austin, TX has an influx of visitors every year for the ACL music festival. Some of these visitors just might become permanent residents in the next 15 years!

At Banks Environmental Data, we have an appreciation for seeing data clearly and effectively presented in map form. We recently came across this really neat interactive population and demographics mapping tool for the United States, and thought it was worth sharing with our readers. According to this data, our hometown of Austin, Texas is expected to grow in population by over 50% in the next 15 years – OUCH!

We hope you’ll have fun checking out your hometown or browsing details about that city you’ve been dying to visit. Click the link below to find out more. Enjoy!

Mapping America’s Futures

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Understanding the Texas Drought

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Sara Dunlap

With all the rain coming down the last few months, it’s an appropriate time to explore our water system. Anyone living in the central Texas region is aware of the Edwards Aquifer. Maybe you have seen “Recharge Zone” signs while driving through the hill country or you have heard newscasters refer to its levels during the drought ridden summer months, but how much do you really know about this vital part of our lives? Here is your chance to learn more about this inextricable and necessary part of our lives that we so often take for granted. Continue reading →

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New historical research platform: Google Earth Engine

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Amanda Padilla

Google has done it again. They’ve found another way to use technology to improve lives. With the help of Imazon, a non-profit research institution that promotes sustainable development in the Amazon through research, Google has developed Google Earth Engine. Continue reading →

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Top Environmental Prose posts from 2014

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Carissa Ries
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America’s changing energy landscape

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Ian Holt
The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant Photo Credits: Toby Talbot, AP

The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant
Photo Credit: Toby Talbot, AP

Commercial energy production in the United States has in recent years been a mixture of coal, nuclear, natural gas, solar, and wind. Due to advancements in technology and the abundance of natural gas, traditional coal powered plants and nuclear reactors may soon become artifacts of the past. While large-scale infrastructure changes are typically slow, on December 19, the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant officially went offline citing future cost of energy production as their main concern. According to National Geographic, this is the fourth U.S. nuclear facility to close in two years. Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Carissa Ries

Happy Holidays from The Banks Group!

We’re wishing you all the best in the new year!

Merry Christmas from Banks Environmental Data

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