Research maps for complex topics
Turn scattered research into a shared topic map.
Thematic helps teams build shared maps of a topic, connect causes and effects, and turn source material into a focused research workspace.
Cause and effect graph
El Niño
Center node
El Salvador Crop Failure
The anchor of this map (condition). Its strongest causes and effects fan out around it.
Causal relationship
Drought → El Salvador Crop Failure
El Nino suppresses Primera-season rains in El Salvador's Dry Corridor, destroying rain-fed maize and bean crops.
Causal relationship
El Salvador Crop Failure → El Salvador Food Insecurity
Losing their staple maize and bean harvest, subsistence families cannot buy food and adopt crisis coping like selling assets and skipping meals.
Causal relationship
El Salvador Crop Failure → Rural Household Asset Depletion
Losing staple harvests, subsistence families sell productive farm tools and livestock to buy food.
El Salvador Crop Failure
Where the map converges: 1 cause feed in and 2 effects ripple out.
Evidence
0.54Losing their staple maize and bean harvest, subsistence families cannot buy food and adopt crisis coping like selling assets and skipping meals.
Source: strongest evidenced effect link
Node detail
strength 55Drought
Best path: Drought → El Salvador Crop Failure
Tour tips
FinaleMake any node the center to re-orient the map, then use discover more to grow the promising branches.
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