‘Atlas of the Real World’
`Atlas of the Real World’
The newly released Atlas of the Real World contains 366 digitally modified maps depicting the nations of the world not by their physical size, but by their demographic importance. The atlas covers a vast range of subjects, ranging from pollution emissions to population growth to forest loss. This image (right) shows the proportional contribution of various countries to the growth of carbon dioxide emissions by 2015.
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