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abbyjean:

Where The Trees Are: The map was built from the National Biomass and Carbon Dataset (NBCD), released in 2011. It depicts the concentration of biomass—a measure of the amount of organic carbon—stored in the trunks, limbs, and leaves of trees. The darkest greens reveal the areas with the densest, tallest, and most robust forest growth. (via NASA Image of the Day)

Check definite lack of biomass that is Southern California. For my happiness I need to move to one of these greener areas in a manner that will not significantly diminish the health of said area.

pantslessprogressive:

The 10 most segregated urban areas in America | Salon

This slide show provides a list of the nation’s most segregated metropolitan areas of over 500,000 people. The rankings are based on a dissimilarity index, a measure used by social scientists to gauge residential segregation. It reflects the number of people from one race — in this case black or white — who would have to move for races to be evenly distributed across a certain area. A score of 1 indicates perfect integration while 100 signals complete segregation. The rankings were compiled by John Paul DeWitt of CensusScope.org and the University of Michigan’s Social Science Data Analysis Network.

Above: The most segregated metropolitan area in the U.S. - Milwaukee.