The World in Motion
This animated map displays worldwide air temperatures over the past week. It illustrates how temperatures shift daily, warming progressively from east to west as the Sun rises and sets across the globe.You might also be able to spot other patterns, such as the effects of jet streams, periods of intense summer heat, and sharp temperature drops during winter when polar air moves southward. Recently launched by Maps.com, Earth in Action is a new daily mapping feature designed to make complex planetary systems immediately visible and understandable. Using automated workflows, the platform pulls together trusted datasets - primarily from organizations like NASA - to generate near real-time global animations. Each output is packaged as a downloadable MP4, showing the previous seven days of activity in a clean, accessible format. Each video is a ready-made visualization for anyone who needs to tell stories about the planet. At present, the platform concentrates on air temperature and ae...
