Physical Geography
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EarthScope’s new home
EarthScope is an NSF program that, “that deploys thousands of seismic, GPS, and other geophysical instruments to study the structure and evolution of the North American continent and the processes […]
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Environmental, Physical Geography
Your Spatial Backpack
When I was reading this month’s issue of Backpacker magazine, I started to fold down pages that contained geospatial apps and other features. After I had folded down most of […]
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Environmental, GeographyAwareness, Physical Geography
Australian Flood Maps
Like many recent weather-related disasters, the media and on-line websites have started to increasingly use interactive maps to explain disasters such as Guardian UK and other news outlets coverage of […]
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Data, Education, Environmental, Physical Geography
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
In 2008, Sue posted about the U.S. Department of Energy‘s National Renewable Energy Laboratory Atlas that was in development. I ran across the completed NREL FTP site with geospatial toolkits […]
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Physical Geography, space (not spatial)
Pluto, revisited
The news that NASA discovered a new type of microorganism has overshadowed new findings on Pluto. The Christian Science Monitor presents both sides of the debate, “Should Pluto be Restored […]
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GeographyAwareness, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing and Freshwater
This post was written as a guest post for the MyWonderfulWorld blog for Geography Awareness Week. Be sure to head over and check out more of the MWW blog-a-thon for […]
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Have you met Earth Science Week?
For those who are not aware Earth Science Week is just around the corner, October 10-16. A good portion of Geography looks at the physical environment and its components…aka is […]
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Environmental, general, GeographyAwareness, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
NASA Earth Science Hurricane Katrina retrospective
To mark the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating landfall in the Gulf Coast, NASA Earth Science has released this short video retrospective of some of the imagery and analyses […]
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Environmental, general, Physical Geography
Oostvaardersplassen – The Pleistocene is just a train ride away
Previously we’ve posted about Pleistocene Park, and a similar project in Scotland that are aimed at recreating the fauna and flora of the Pleistocene Era by setting aside protected areas […]
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general, Hardware, Human Geography, Physical Geography
First US Offshore Windfarm
Anyone who talks to me about energy will quickly learn I’m a HUGE fan of offshore wind energy. So this news item in the New York Times caught my eye […]
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