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The debate on Aquifers continues as new technologies designed by oil companies are able to tap historic water reserves deep in the Earths crust. The geopolitical significance of water rises as population growth within dry climates continue to rise.
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I recently discovered the identity of the artist who created the “apple globe” that I use as my twitter avatar and that is prominently displayed on my various sites. The artist, Kevin Van Aelst, teaches at Quinnipiac University and has kindly allowed me to continue using the image. Please check out more of his work and enjoy his thoughtful use of mundane object in new spatial ways: http://www.kevinvanaelst.com/
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This is a great set of images that show coastal processes for a geomorphology or physical geography class. Pictured above is Palm Bay, Australia, which also happens to show fluvial processes as well.
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The Choices Program asks Brown University’s Political Scientist Melani Cammett to briefly explain the Arab Spring. This is a great primer to teach young students who don’t follow international news to understand the beginnings of the Arab Spring. For more videos by the Choices Program in their “Scholars Online” series, see:
http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline.php
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In geography, the antipodes of any place on Earth is its antipodal point; that is, the region on the Earth’s surface which is diametrically opposite t…
I know that most Americans have learned at an early age that if you dig a hole through the center of the Earth, you’ll end up in China. Geologic and impossibilities aside, most Americans would actually end up in the Indian Ocean as displayed by this clever pairing up maps that shows the user the Antipode of any given place on Earth.
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Indonesia has the largest share of the world’s mangroves — coastal forests that have adapted to saltwater environments. They play important environmental and ecological roles.
Mangroves play a key role of acting as an ecological buffer in coastal region that provide the area with resilience against tsunamis, hurricanes and other forms of coastal flooding. Their role in carbon sequestration is also vital as energy emissions globally continue to rise. So let’s jump scales: how are global issues locally important? How is the local deeply global? How can stakeholders at either scale find common ground with the other?
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Indonesia has the largest share of the world’s mangroves — coastal forests that have adapted to saltwater environments. They play important environmental and ecological roles.
Mangroves play a key role of acting as an ecological buffer in coastal region that provide the area with resilience against tsunamis, hurricanes and other forms of coastal flooding. Their role in carbon sequestration is also vital as energy emissions globally continue to rise. So let’s jump scales: how are global issues locally important? How is the local deeply global? How can stakeholders at either scale find common ground with the other?
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The new African country, founded in part to escape from the northern government’s violence, is showing some hostility of its own.
Independence for ethnic/religious groups, while culturally satisfying, does not necessarily solve all the problems within a region. South Sudan’s 1-year anniversary shows that even though they have a short history, it has been marked by ineffective governance and social instability.
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The West African state of Niger is now the worst place in the world to be a mother, a Save the Children annual report says.
Gender, Demographics and Development are the main geographic themes that run through this report. As many countries prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day, the Non-Governmental Organization Save the Children considers the geography of motherhood and the difficulties in raising a healthy, educated, well-fed child with economic opportunities for the future. The variables used in the index included factors such as health, education, economic status and nutrition as key indicators that would be pertinent to motherhood.
The most difficult place to raise a child according to the report are: 1) Niger, 2) Afghanistan, 3) Yemen, 4) Guinea-Bissau and 5)Mali. The best places to raise healthy, education children are: 1) Norway, 2) Iceland, 3) Sweden, 4) New Zealand and 5)Denmark. For more information about Save the Children, see: http://www.savethechildren.net/
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