Physical Geography
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BBC NEWS | Greenland melt ‘speeding up’
Following up on last week’s episode on the perception of Global Warming, I thought I would post this recent article from the BBC. Researchers using NASA satellite data have determined […]
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Hot town, Summer in the City
Looks like The Lovin’ Spoonful had it right. It’s dang hot out. How hot? This satellite imagery tells us! NASA’s Earth Observatory shows heat data from 2002 for New York […]
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Arny and Tony go green
Apparently Tony Blair and Arnold Schwarzenegger met in California recently. The outcome was: A “mission statement” [that] said the two would, among other things, “share experiences” and “find new solutions”. […]
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general, Navigation, Physical Geography
CyberTracker, animal tracking for everyone
Listener Jody pointed out a great project that was highlighted on last weeks Living on Earth. CyberTracker allows anyone to capture information, including location, about animal movements. The software uses […]
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general, GeographyBlogs, Physical Geography
Air Pollution Monitoring Via….Pigeons
Who knew avians could be so high tech? A new study of real-time air pollution is being undertaken using, of all things, pigeons. Little monitors are strapped to the backs […]
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Data, general, Physical Geography, WebMapping
MesoStor – Online GIS data delivery system for Central America
I was going through my Caribbean GIS listserv alerts, and I noticed one about MesoStor, a project to make GIS data about Mesoamerica available online. MesoStor is part of SERVIR, […]
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Alternative Energy Around the World
It’s a flash map, but it’s still pretty cool. Ever wonder where all the alternative energy is being produced in the world? Well now you can find out! This site […]
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ClimatePrediction.Net
The BBC is working with others to predict climate change and they want your help! The climate prediction tool runs within the BOINC environment just like SETI@home and others. This […]
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general, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing, WebMapping
Google Maps of Active Volcanoes
If you’re like me, when you go to plan your summer vacation, weird questions like, “Is there a major earthquake fault or active volcano in the area?” will eventually come […]
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BBC NEWS | Arctic’s tropical past uncovered
The BBC has a nice summary article from papers that were recently in Nature on insights on the paleo-environment of the Arctic Sea based on coring that took place along […]
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