@infobeautiful The Iran map is using a Mercator projection, which preserves angles but distorts area. A projection that preserves area would communicate better (more beautifully)

Your source shows a relatively accurate size comparison (projection on a projection). Presentng it in Mercator makes it more dramatic, but inescapably misleads the viewer as to relative area within the map. eg. this Florida - Florida map from your source.

#map #size #comparison #USA #Canada #Florida #Iran

ISO PDF spec is getting Brotli – ~20 % smaller documents with no quality loss

https://pdfa.org/want-to-make-your-pdfs-20-smaller-for-free/

#HackerNews #ISO #PDF #Brotli #Compression #PDF #Optimization #Document #Size #Reduction #Quality #Preservation

Why is the Gmail app 700 MB?

https://akr.am/blog/posts/why-is-the-gmail-app-700-mb

#HackerNews #GmailApp #Size #GmailStorage #TechNews #MobileApps

Peak Glacier Extinction In The Mid-Twenty-First Century
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02513-9 <-- shared paper
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“📉 KEY FINDINGS
• At +4 °C, only ~18,000 glaciers remain worldwide by 2100
• At +1.5 °C, ~100,000 glaciers survive
• [They] identif[ed] “Peak Glacier Extinction”:
– ~2041 at +1.5 °C (~2,000 glaciers lost per year)
– ~2055 at +4 °C (~4,000 glaciers lost per year)
🏔️ THE ALPS
• At +2.7 °C, only ~110 glaciers remain by 2100.
• At +4 °C, this drops to just ~20.
Can you imagine the Alps with almost no glaciers left?...”
#model #modeling #global #glacier #loss #glacial #cryosphere #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GloGEM #OGGM #PyGEM #extinction #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #water #hydrology #freshwater #surfacewater #count #metrics #volume #thickness #size #sealevelrise #tourism #culture #usecase #waterresources #Alps #TheAlps #worldwide #melted #melting

Peak Glacier Extinction In The Mid-Twenty-First Century
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02513-9 <-- shared paper
--
“📉 KEY FINDINGS
• At +4 °C, only ~18,000 glaciers remain worldwide by 2100
• At +1.5 °C, ~100,000 glaciers survive
• [They] identif[ed] “Peak Glacier Extinction”:
– ~2041 at +1.5 °C (~2,000 glaciers lost per year)
– ~2055 at +4 °C (~4,000 glaciers lost per year)
🏔️ THE ALPS
• At +2.7 °C, only ~110 glaciers remain by 2100.
• At +4 °C, this drops to just ~20.
Can you imagine the Alps with almost no glaciers left?...”
#model #modeling #global #glacier #loss #glacial #cryosphere #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GloGEM #OGGM #PyGEM #extinction #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #water #hydrology #freshwater #surfacewater #count #metrics #volume #thickness #size #sealevelrise #tourism #culture #usecase #waterresources #Alps #TheAlps #worldwide #melted #melting

China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/china-new-forest-report

#HackerNews #China #Forest #Expansion #Texas #Size #Environment #Sustainability #GreenInitiatives