My name is Riley and I make maps.

This is a selection of maps and graphics I made for National Geographic from 2016-2023.

Note — some images may link to articles that have a paywall.

"Siachen Glacier" — Print, March, 2021
"Arctic summer sea ice could disappear as early as 2035" — Online, Aug. 2020
"Black Homeownership" — Print, Sept. 2021
"How some cities ‘flattened the curve’ during the 1918 flu pandemic" — Online, March 2020
"Shade" — Print, June 2021
"See the Wild Places That May Lose Protections as National Monuments" — Online, Sept. 2018
"Shade" — Print, June 2021
"Expedition Braves Arctic Perils for Climate Science" — Online, Nov. 2017
"Prairie Divide" — Print, Feb. 2020
"Our nights are getting brighter, and Earth is paying the price" — Online, April 2019
"Java Flooding" — Print, Feb. 2022
"Slimy Green Beaches May Be Florida's New Normal" — Online, July 2016
"Weird ‘boomerang’ earthquake detected under the Atlantic Ocean" — Online, Aug. 2020
"Giraffes" — Print, Oct. 2019
"No Way Out" — Print, March 2018
"The problem America has neglected for too long: deteriorating dams" — Online, May 2005
"This map shows millions of acres of lost Amazon rainforest" — Online, April 2019
"This map shows where on Earth humans aren’t" — Online, June 2020
Dalai Lama — August, 2019
"A strange earthquake swarm lasted for years. Scientists finally know why." — Online, June 2020
"The Himalaya's Ghost Leopards" — Print, July 2020
"Climate Consequences" — Print, April 2020
"Here's what a massive coronavirus lockdown would look like in the U.S." —Online, March 2020
"The Arctic Is Heating Up" — Print, Sept. 2019
"A City Rises" — Print, April 2019
"How Latinos Are Shaping America's Future" — Print, July 2018
"How Pandemics Change US" — Print, Aug. 2020
"Raccoons are spreading across Earth—and climate change could help" — Online, July 2019
"Every three minutes, an earthquake strikes in California" — Online, April 2019
"How some cities ‘flattened the curve’ during the 1918 flu pandemic" — Online, March 2020
"The Tigers Next Door" — Print, Dec. 2019
"After Harvey, Are Epic Rains the New Normal?" – Online, Sept. 2017
"Forest Fires Can Heat Up the Whole Planet" — Online, June 2016
"The Last Honey Hunter" — Print, July 2017
"Hurricane Florence's Rains May Be 50% Worse Thanks to Climate Change" — Online, Sept. 13
"Soccer Without Borders" — Print, July 2018

Selected features on nationalgeographic.com

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