Physical Geography
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Human Geography, Physical Geography
BBC NEWS | Planet under pressure
Back in the fall of 2004 the BBC news site started a series called “Planet under pressure”. It covers alot of the important issues facing the world including global warming, […]
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BBC NEWS | Menu prices track fishing impact
Not exactly spatial in the way the conducted it, but it is easy to see how it could be a significant variable in their work. The Census of Marine Life […]
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BBC NEWS | Amazon damage ‘worse than feared’
The BBC news reports on a study conducted in the Brazilian Amazon by Brazilian and US researchers. While it is limited in details. the article discusses the use of different […]
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Cartography, General, Physical Geography
Mapping Storm Surge from Katrina
An effort is underway to map flood levels from Katrina from Florida to Louisiana to generate an atlas of the storm surge. Check out the article at Wired.com
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ScienCentral: Earthquake Forecasts
An article over at ScienCentral discusses the use of simulations to determine the probability of earthquakes along the California coast. More of a Geology topic, but interesting non-the-less. ScienCentral: Earthquake […]
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Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
Satellite imagery shows Arctic ice melt
Whatever your beliefs on the global warming issue, the recent spate of articles on the melting of Arctic ice and the warming of the climate in Alaska seem pretty scary. […]
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Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
BBC NEWS | Ice explorer readies for launch
The ESA will soon be launching a new satellite to measure the ice levels at the poles to determine if the prediction that global warming is impacting ice levels is […]
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Mount St Helens video
If you’re into volcanoes, the USGS is releasing a 20-minute video which gives a summary of activity at Mount St. Helens over the past year. Details of the release will […]
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BBC NEWS | Ancient humans ‘altered’ climate
This is an interesting note on how we have been altering the climate for quit some time. Carl Sauer was conducting research in the early part of the last century […]
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BBC NEWS | First Scottish Geopark launched
This is more Geology than physical geography, but it is still a great concept for a learning park. BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | First Scottish Geopark launched
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