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The Fossil Fuel Atlas consolidates large volumes of freely available spatial data into an open access mapping portal, offering access to a wide range of fossil fuels, social and ecological data sets.

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Featured Data

The extraction and use of fossil fuels and other resources are impacting people, nature and the Earth’s climate. The development of new oil, gas, and coal infrastructure must end in order to meet internationally agreed-upon climate goals.

  • CO2 - Carbon Dioxide sources

    Data downloaded from Carbon Mapper (https://carbonmapper.org/) and includes data on plumes from 1789 carbon dioxide sources. "Our data  portal includes observations of methane and CO2 super-emitters across the globe. We detect, pinpoint and quantify emissions at a facility-scale and make this data available to the public, providing accessibility and transparency to maximize impact.We use precision visible-infrared imaging spectrometers on satellites and aircraft to locate, quantify and track methane and CO₂ point-source emissions."

Fossil Fuel Data
  • CO2 - Carbon Dioxide sources

    Data downloaded from Carbon Mapper (https://carbonmapper.org/) and includes data on plumes from 1789 carbon dioxide sources. "Our data  portal includes observations of methane and CO2 super-emitters across the globe. We detect, pinpoint and quantify emissions at a facility-scale and make this data available to the public, providing accessibility and transparency to maximize impact.We use precision visible-infrared imaging spectrometers on satellites and aircraft to locate, quantify and track methane and CO₂ point-source emissions."

  • Coal Deposits

    A global overview of coal deposits, collected by the Leave It in the Ground's Protected Carbon project.

  • Coal Mine Tracker (GEM)

    This is global coal mine tracker from Global Energy Monitor released in May 2025. Download Data - Global Energy Monitor

  • Coal Mining in Protected Areas

    Oil and gas extraction activity (drilling, licensing, surveying) within the world's protected areas (nature reserves, parks, UNESCO sites, etc).Created by the Protected Planet project (https://protected-planet.org). Based on data from Rystad Energy and Protected Planet. Current as of October 2023.

Ecological Data
  • African bush elephant

  • African wild dog

  • Bonefishes Tarpons Ladyfishes IUCN

  • Bull Shark Range Data

    "Bull Shark Carcharhinus leucas has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2020. Carcharhinus leucas is listed as Vulnerable under criteria A2bcd."   More information available below at:https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39372/2910670

Social Data
  • EEZ Boundaries

  • Global Climate Risk (CIL)

    Global Climate Risk from Climate Impact Lab by country. This represents the 2020 annual temperature estimates for SSP-2-4.5 at the 50th percentile. 5th percentile and 95th percentile estimations are also present.  https://impactlab.org/map/#usmeas=absolute&usyear=1986-2005&gyear=1986-2005&tab=global

  • Global Population Density

    Global population density raster data according to: https://landscan.ornl.gov/

  • Global Population Density (GHG)

    Global Population Density via the US Greenhouse Gas Center backed by NASA. This tiff displays population density in 2020 as estimated by the GGC.   https://earth.gov/ghgcenter https://data.ghg.center/browseui/index.html#sedac-popdensity-yeargrid5yr-v4.11/