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Eye on Earth has been around since 2008, crunching environmental reports into interactive maps for the general public and providing a platform for scientists and regulators to share data.
Their newest map, showing the vulnerability of European cities to heat waves as the climate changes, garnered over 125,000 views in its first 24 hours online -- adding momentum to the Eye on Earth Project.
The heat wave vulnerability map allows users to click to change the color coding, showing the evolution of the number of "tropical nights and hot days" (occasions when the nights provide no relief to killer heat in the daytime) from 1971 through 2100. It also explores how urban density interacts with green spaces and surface waters to influence the urban heat island effect.