Latest weather radar images from the National Weather Service
With all the tornado warnings, damage and concern, this map shows the spatial configuration of the danger zone. This is the link for the interactive weather map that is continuously updated by NOAA. Here is the high resolution, static version.
See on radar.weather.gov
Australia’s engagement with Asia: Water – a case study on Flores
For a the full lesson on how access to clean drinking water and human well-being are connected on the Indonesian island of Flores, visit World Vision Australia.
Tags: Indonesia, water, development.
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Portions of the High Plains Aquifer (Ogallala Aquifer) are rapidly being depleted by farmers who are pumping too much water to irrigate their crops, particularly in the southern half in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Levels have declined up to 242 feet in some areas, from predevelopment — before substantial groundwater irrigation began — to 2011.
The article connected to this map from the New York Times can be found here. “Two years of extreme drought, during which farmers relied almost completely on groundwater, have brought the seriousness of the problem home. In 2011 and 2012, the Kansas Geological Survey reports, the average water level in the state’s portion of the aquifer dropped 4.25 feet — nearly a third of the total decline since 1996.”
Tags: water, agriculture, environment, consumption, resources, environment depend.
See on www.nytimes.com
You can dowload the 2013 FRQs or any previously released FRQs on the AP Human Geography College Board website.
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“We came to Sri Lanka with every intention of filming a video about an organic, fair trade tea farmer. That is exactly what we were planning when we set foot on the small tea farm of Piyasena and his wife Ariyawatha. What we didnt expect was to be so taken with the relationship between the two of them. What started as a farm story quickly turned into a story about love and dedication amongst the Ceylon tea fields.”
The beginning of their love story is rooted in cultural traditions that many would find oppressive (arranged marriage), and yet their much about their sweet relationship that is near-universally admired.
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“The Social Security Administration this week released its list of 2012’s most popular baby names by state, and maybe explained why there are so many Jacobs and Sophias in your kids’ schools. Do you see your kids’ names here?”
See on www.nickmom.com
45 percent think the U.S. should intervene, but only half can identify the country.
See on www.theatlantic.com
“The Landsat’s natural-color imager scanned a swath of land 185-kilometers wide and 9,000 kilometers long (120 by 6,000 miles)—an unusual, unbroken distance considering 70 percent of Earth is covered with water. That flight path—depicted on the globe below—afforded us the chance to assemble 56 still images into a seamless, flyover view of what LDCM saw on April 19, 2013. Stretching from northern Russia to South Africa, the full mosaic from the Operational Land Imager can be viewed in this video.”
We typically see remotely sensed images as a single, still rectangular grid…this stunning video shows what the image collection process would look like from the perspective of the satellite. This video is available to download in a variety of formats and resolutions.
Tags: remote sensing, geospatial, unit 1 GeoPrinciples.
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“Planning to take the Advanced Placement Human Geography exam from the College Board? Try these five suggestions for review.”
See on www.examiner.com
