There's a bunch of odds and ends of geography-related news this week...
- The Chile earthquake has slowed the planet by 1.26 microseconds.
- Global warming is likely to cause more earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
- The Passport blog checks in on five popular American secession movements.
- Is the design for the new American embassy in London a building or a fortress?
- Watch this great video on how total fertility rate works.
- Amman, Jordan works on becoming a friendlier city with new sidewalks and parks.
- The second-coldest temperature ever recorded in Europe, -70°F (-56.4°C), was recorded on Feb. 19 in Russia.
- China tops the list of the most polluted places
- Q: Which countries do Americans like most? A: Canada, UK, Germany, Japan, and Israel (really!?)
- Slumurbia. Enough said.
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