Guess the map 15: GDP or population?

[Zardnaar]

If those plans existed, which they don't, the map would just be Vermont.

Understand. Plans for NZ California annexation don't exist, 13 colonies back to UK and Mexico and Spain get everything else right?

Me and my big mouth oops.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Climate, yes.

Yellow is neutral. On a number line, red is positive and blue is negative. It'd be a mistake to use more/less language, however.

The map is change over a 25 year period.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Is the climate issue a direct thing like rain or an indirect thing like acceptance of change that calls for an action, like recycling or driving less?

 

[warpus]

Hm is it related at all to the atmosphere? Increase/decrease of some element in the atmosphere?

I'm thinking atmosphere-related since the patterns don't seem to work with anything ground-based, like geology.. but.. looking at the biomes again, the hot spots seem to align with either deserts or forests maybe?

Change in tree cover? Amount of oxygen in the atmosphere? Amount of oxygen that can be produced with the vegetation and tree cover that's there?

 

[emzie]

Is the climate issue a direct thing like rain or an indirect thing like acceptance of change that calls for an action, like recycling or driving less?

Directly. This is a physical change of local climate because of wider climate change.

Change in tree cover?

Not trees specifically but it's a change in flora yes.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Is it connected to humidity levels or ground moisture?

 

[GinandTonic]

Biodiversity?

 

[emzie]

Averate Temps in Winter?

This is the closest guess so far. The map has to do with winter temperatures and their year-round impact.

 

[tjs282]

This is the closest guess so far. The map has to do with winter temperatures and their year-round impact.

Loss (or removal) of coniferous forest, due to the pine-bark beetles which aren't getting killed off by cold-winters as much as they used to be?

 

[warpus]

Probability of somebody wearing a hat

 

[El_Machinae]

Not trees specifically but it's a change in flora yes.

I'm reminded that ideal coffee climes are changing location because of climate change being much more pronounced on slopes of mountains, but I don't know the word for that.
Is it the relative movement of a specific plant?

Damn, the tree beetle was a good guess. Something to do with whether something needs to stay frozen or thawed?

 

[emzie]

I'm reminded that ideal coffee climes are changing location because of climate change being much more pronounced on slopes of mountains, but I don't know the word for that.

It's exactly like that, yes! Except,

Is it the relative movement of a specific plant?

No, in fact the opposite: it's related to all plants.

Something to do with whether something needs to stay frozen or thawed?

This is a very good line of thinking

 

[El_Machinae]

Changes in a specific pollinator species? No, that's too specific. Changes in total pollinator count?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Tree/Plant migration north.

 

[lymond]

Potatoes? (edit: no you said all plants)

Soil quality?

 

[Samson]

Tree line rising or falling?

 

[Zardnaar]

Emzie rocks on this one. I'm stumped but I suck at this game.

 

[Birdjaguar]

If one made the map 10 years ago, would there be fewer bands? That is to say do the bands show progressive change over time or do the bands show the 25 year change individually? Is that clear?

The bottom band shows where X was 25 years ago and the top band shows now.
or
Over the past 25 years all the red areas have changed X from the yellow areas?

All plants "do things" based on their particular micro climate. Your map implies that within those bands plants do something different than they "did" 25 years ago regardless of their micro climate. You also said that it is an effect climate changing winter temperatures. So we know average winter temps are going up. But those temps are going up all over and not just in bands.

Would I notice this effect if I was a farmer or grew vegetables?
Does the effect affect farm crops as well as trees grasses and flowers?

In the dryer southwest the bands tend to fall apart. Is that because it is dryer there and we get less snow or rain?

The effect happens in bands, but climate change does not. The same plants live independently of the bands. Do the bands actually represent something that affects plants?

 

[thetrooper]

Potatoes? (edit: no you said all plants)

Soil quality?

Soil erosion perhaps?

 

[emzie]

first of all, excellent questions

If one made the map 10 years ago, would there be fewer bands? That is to say do the bands show progressive change over time or do the bands show the 25 year change individually? Is that clear?

The bottom band shows where X was 25 years ago and the top band shows now.
or
Over the past 25 years all the red areas have changed X from the yellow areas?

Is that clear?

honestly I'm not sure, but I'll do my best! First of all, a scale might be helpful:

Also, it would be helpful to know that this map is derived from another map. If you lay the 2015 version of that map over the 1990 version, this map shows the difference.

All plants "do things" based on their particular micro climate. Your map implies that within those bands plants do something different than they "did" 25 years ago regardless of their micro climate. You also said that it is an effect climate changing winter temperatures. So we know average winter temps are going up. But those temps are going up all over and not just in bands.

Would I notice this effect if I was a farmer or grew vegetables?
Does the effect affect farm crops as well as trees grasses and flowers?

It's most specifically related farming and gardening.