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Anna Eshelman

@annamaps.bsky.social

Maps, design, and illustration for climate science, the natural world, and mission-driven causes.

23 Followers  |  31 Following  |  16 Posts  |  Joined: 18.10.2024  |  1.6225

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Global warming doesn't mean "no winter". In many places, winters could warm 10, 20, or even 30Β°F and it would still snow. Natural climate patterns and random variability will still lead to winters that are unusually cold and snowy in some placesβ€”even as the planet overall warms. #ClimateClarity

29.01.2026 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Winter break Dark Divide trail map drawing and dreaming. Steep, remote, ancient, wild. Between the volcanoes. Nearly done with the basemap shading.

08.01.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve been learning a lot about hurricane formation, structure, and movement this season working on graphics and animations with Untamed Skies. youtube.com/untamedskies

22.12.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New content on Climate.us.

10.12.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Climate.us independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics

Climate(.)gov wasn't built in a day. It wasn't even built in a year. It is a big, complicated site that we don't just want to rebuild but also improve with Climate.us.

Realistically, this is going to take some time. However, we want to take a moment to remind people what it is that we...
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09.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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...are trying to bring back.

We have already brought back the NCA5 (nca5.climate.us).

But we also want to bring back one of our most popular sections, News & Features.
This section held explainers, Q&As, stories, and graphics that explained climate science in plain language.
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09.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Climate.us: independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics | Multiplier (Powered by Donorbox) The truth about climate is being erased. Act now to save it.In June 2025, under pressure from political appointees, NOAA shut down daily operations of its award-winning Climate.gov website. They hid C...

Over the next few weeks we will highlight some of great things that our team plans to not only bring back but continue to update and expand upon, hopefully for years to come.

But we can’t do it without you: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...
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09.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve brought the website for the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) back. βœ…

23.09.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited about these next steps.

12.09.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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While we raise funds for Climate.us in fall 2025, we'll be working to stand up an improved archive of Climate(.)gov.

Currently, publicly archived copies of Climate(.)gov suffer from one of two limitations:
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09.09.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As of today, the Climate.us page is live. I am energized to be a part of this effort with an extraordinary team dedicated to rescuing critical content and making sure the public has easy access to climate information.

04.09.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New project.

01.09.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We know that we are the new kids on the block. But rest assured, we are veterans.
We have the plan. We have the expertise. But now we need YOUR support.
Here's how you can help: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...

31.08.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

Good climate news today.

28.08.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Concocting a collage sketch of reference imagery for an illustrated map project that’s been floating in mind for a few years. Excited to be trying a new format (a sphere!) and next I will hand draw this wild, rugged, special place and footrace that runs between three PNW volcanoes. #darkdivide

29.07.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inspiringly strong narratives and visual metaphors at play in this paper. Honored to have an illustration about relationality and traditional outrigger paddling crews included in this paper of many collaborators led by Scott Laursen. Emotion, Space and Society: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

17.07.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Owen has been excellent to work with!

17.07.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let’s talk about the weather for a minute or two! Congrats to Owen Shieh for launching a YouTube channel dedicated to demystifying common questions about meteorology. It’s been excellent illustrating simple visuals (like these ones). The first few Shorts are live: youtube.com/@untamedskies

16.07.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired #Climate

11.06.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 24

Great storytelling and important information about the chemistry of wildfire smoke and human health in this new piece. Glad to have had the opportunity to help with some of the visuals, including this special zoom inset and labeling.

16.05.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love seeing U.S. government (and other authoritative scientific sources) using excellent cartographic and data visualization principles.

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18.04.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spring on the clock! 🌱

21.03.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spring has officially sprung! But did you know warmer temperatures caused the first signs of spring to arrive earlier than usual in many parts of the U.S.? Find out where and when the first signs of the season made their debut!: www.climate.gov/news-feature...

20.03.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 4
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Arctic Treeline: A meditation to explore learning how to use Procreate Dreams.

Where is the last forest? Pondering this question recently on theforestfloor.substack.com/p/where-is-t...

The last forest is in the far North near the Arctic Circle, slivers of stunted life in stark Boreal form.

05.03.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Global Climate Dashboard contains graphs and maps that are helpful in tracking climate change and natural variability over time. These datasets range from greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, sea level, Arctic Oscillation, and much more. This dashboard is also now interactive!

28.01.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fresh into brackish on its way to the big salt.

28.01.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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