Physical Geography
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Earth Hour in Sydney
Sydney went dark this evening as a large portion of the city participated in Earth Hour, an attempt to increase global awareness about climate change. My only question is what […]
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general, Human Geography, Physical Geography
Paleobotany and Terracotta army
The BBC reports on an article from the Journal of Archaeological Science about research on the clay that was used to make China’s Terracotta army. They have recovered pollen from […]
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Ocean Beneath Asia
Have you ever heard of Atlantis being called the land beneath the ocean? Well how about an ocean beneath the land? Apparently researchers have found a sizable blob of water […]
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More light bulb news
The folks down under are one upping our friends in Raleigh, NC, by moving the entire country away from the beloved, but past its prime, incandescent light bulb. They will […]
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general, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
Halifax to map coastline to predict global warming impact
As the evidence of the impact of global warming continues to mount, some places are taking the initiative to better understand local impacts and try to mitigate them. One example […]
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North American Winds Used to Blow the Other Way
Researchers have discovered that during the last ice age, the prevailing winds blew east to west, not west to east pattern we see today. Climate changes made everything shift thousands […]
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Cartography, general, Physical Geography
Melting ice in the Arctic revealing new coastline geography in Greenland
The New York Times has another article on the impacts of global warming, this one discusses how the melting of glacial ice is exposing new land area and changing our […]
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A preview of things to come – inhabited island inundated by rising sea levels
First off, I haven’t blogged in about a week due to my annual holiday visit to my parents in North Carolina, and again I have to say, that you never […]
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Top 8 Earth Science Stories for 2006
‘Tis the season for top 10… or 8 in this case… lists! Discover has a interesting run down of the top stories for earth science for 2006. Global warming tops […]
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Happy solstice
Winter those of you in the northern hemisphere, summer to those in the south. As of 00:22 GMT it is officially the next season. Check out the soon to by […]
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