New Geography Quiz
Saturday August 30, 2003
Test your geographic talent with my 240th multiple-choice geography quiz. Can you score 100%? I think not!
China Not Happy With Tomb Raider 2
Saturday August 30, 2003
China has become the first country to ban the movie Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life on the grounds that it made China "appear to have no government ... Read More
Want to Lose Weight? Move to the City!
Saturday August 30, 2003
A recent study found that people who live in the least densely populated suburbs spend fewer minutes each month walking and thus weigh about six pounds more on average than ... Read More
Walt Disney World's Gardens
Saturday August 30, 2003
Don't miss this fascinating article from nationalgeographic.com - it's an interview with the director of Walt Disney World (WDW) Horticulture. Did you know that WDW is home to 65,000 ... Read More
Six Gateway States for Immigrants
Saturday August 30, 2003
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 60% of immigrants from 1995-2000 entered the U.S. through six states - California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois and New Jersey. Once arriving ... Read More
Geography of Mars
Wednesday August 27, 2003
As Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years, it's high time to explore the geography of Mars in an article here on my site.
Worst Air in Riverside, Calif.
Thursday August 21, 2003
The top five U.S. cities with the worst air quality are all in California: 1) Riverside, 2) Fresno, 3) Bakersfield, 4) Los Angeles-Long Beach and 5) Sacramento. Shocking! ... Read More
Languages Go Extinct
Thursday August 21, 2003
Ninety percent of the world's langagues may be extinct within a generation, according to researchers. A language's status in society is the best way to predict if it is ... Read More
"Average" Town
Thursday August 21, 2003
According to the 2001 British Census, the town of Aireborough in West Yorkshire is the most "average" in England or Wales. Its statistics most closely resemble the national norms. ... Read More
24 Billion Condoms Needed Worldwide
Thursday August 21, 2003
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 24 billion condoms are needed globally each year but only 6-9 billion are actually distributed.
Power Outage Maps
Monday August 18, 2003
NOAA offers up before and during images of the blackout Northeast. Open both in two browser windows to compare the impact. The Philadelphia Inquirer provides a nice summary ... Read More
New Quiz!
Friday August 15, 2003
Try your luck with today's new geography quiz. It includes five multiple-choice questions designed to test your geographic knowledge.
Your Guide Featured by AAG
Friday August 15, 2003
Your Guide is proud to be the first geographer ever featured in a "AAG Member Profile" in the AAG Newsletter (Association of American Geographers). You can find my interview ... Read More
Travels With Your Guide
Friday August 15, 2003
It's been an unusual July and August on the road for me. In late July, I was in Pine Bluff, Arkansas for a week of Red Cross and Army-sponsored ... Read More
County-to-County Migration Flows
Friday August 15, 2003
The U.S. Census Bureau has released their complete County-to-County Migration Flow Files. You can download their huge Excel files to determine exactly where residents of X county lived five ... Read More
Hawaii Hot Spot Has Moved
Friday August 15, 2003
The so-called "fixed" hot spot, which created the Hawaiian Islands, actually drifted southward between 81 and 47 million years ago. This new information is changing the descriptions of the ... Read More
Glacial Lake Agassiz Disrupted Climate
Friday August 15, 2003
According to a recent study, Lake Agassiz, which was formed by ice dams in central Canada and was twice the size of the Great Lakes, burst through its ice dams ... Read More
Get Ready for a Visit From Mars
Wednesday August 13, 2003
Don't expect a visit from Martians; instead, Earth is going to get a visit from Mars itself. On August 27, Mars will be closer to Earth than it has ... Read More
Who Owns the Submerged Mariana Islands?
Tuesday August 12, 2003
Despite several suits by the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a federal judge has recently declared that the U.S. owns the 264,000 square miles of submerged islands that ... Read More
Privatizing Water in Ghana
Monday August 11, 2003
Water is a very precious commodity. The very first civilizations in history knew of water's importance and positioned their settlements near it. Now, in Ghana, there is serious ... Read More
Record 100 Degrees in UK
Sunday August 10, 2003
For the first time since records have been kept, the temperature reached 100 degrees in the United Kingdom. The temperature reached 100 degrees at 3 p.m. at Heathrow Airport ... Read More
"Black Smoker" Found in Indian Ocean
Sunday August 10, 2003
Scientists aboard the RRS Charles Darwin have recently found a new hydrothermal vent in the Indian Ocean near the Carlsberg Ridge, an ocean ridge north of the Seychelle Islands. ... Read More
Singapore Became Independent in 1965
Saturday August 9, 2003
On August 9, 1965, the city of Singapore declared its independence from Malaysia to become one of the smallest countries in the world.
Americans Not in Europe
Thursday August 7, 2003
This interesting article provides some facts and figures about the lack of American tourists in Europe this year. For instance, there was a 30% drop in the number of ... Read More
California Loses Population for First Time
Thursday August 7, 2003
While California's population grew due to immigration from 1995 to 2000, for the first time ever more people moved from California than to California. California lost 755,000 people to ... Read More
Italy's Declining Population
Tuesday August 5, 2003
Italy is facing a declining population as the rate of births per woman has slipped to 1.2. By 2050 Italy's population of 56 million could drop to 40 million. ... Read More
Powell Calls for Earth Watch
Monday August 4, 2003
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell proposed a global system to monitor the health of the earth's climate. While scientists are gathering a plethora of data, Powell argues that ... Read More
Longitude Document Bought
Monday August 4, 2003
Historic papers belonging to the 2nd Viscount Barrington, who sat in judgment on John Harrison's work on determining longitude, have
Joint Sovereignty for Gibraltar?
Friday August 1, 2003
Will Britian work toward joint sovereignty with Spain over Gibraltar? Last Novemember Gibraltarians overwhelmingly rejected joint sovereignty of the territory with Spain in a referendum. Now, the Foreign ... Read More