Greenland - Future Agricultural Paradise?
Tuesday October 30, 2007
Farmers and researchers in Greenland are beginning to have success growing vegetables on the large island north of sixty degrees latitude. Thanks to increasing temperatures in Greenland, the New ... Read More
New Geography Quiz
Saturday October 27, 2007
I'm pleased to announce the publication of a brand-new fifteen-question multiple-choice Geography Quiz right here on my site. Good luck and have fun!
New EU Report Will Criticize Turkey
Friday October 26, 2007
A new report by the European Union, to be released on November 7, will be critical of Turkey's stance on civil rights, especially those of its non-Muslim minority. The ... Read More
Comparing Katrina vs. California Fires
Thursday October 25, 2007
Without hesitation, one can say that the California fires are a major disaster but I'm surprised to see some considering components of the disaster to be "worse" than Hurricane Katrina ... Read More
British Teeth Not as Bad as Widely Believed
Thursday October 25, 2007
A British public health study has revealed that among 12 year-olds, the United Kingdom's teeth aren't as decayed, missing or filled as often as the teeth of many other European ... Read More
World's Worst Airports
Wednesday October 24, 2007
While one can easily discover a listing of the world's busiest airports, what about a list of the world's worst airports? Well, Foreign Policy has such a list and ... Read More
Southern California Fires
Monday October 22, 2007
Thousands have been evacuated and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in dozens of fires across the Los Angeles and San Diego regions. The Internet is an incredible source ... Read More
Journalistic Freedom Around the World
Monday October 22, 2007
I'd better be careful what I write because the United States ranks number 48 on this year's Reporters Without Borders index of press freedom around the world. The
Transnistria in Focus
Saturday October 20, 2007
The FP Blog provides an in-depth look at Transnistria, a Russian speaking exclave in Moldova and adjacent to Ukraine. Transnistria declared independence unsuccessfully in 1990 and a war of ... Read More
Continental Shelf Land Grab
Saturday October 20, 2007
A new United Nations treaty has established a deadline of May 13, 2009 for countries to make claims on continental shelf up to 380 miles (612 km) off their shores. ... Read More
America's Favorite Cities
Saturday October 20, 2007
Travel and Leisure Magazine and CNN Headline News polled more than 60,000 Americans on their likes and dislikes about twenty-five major U.S. cities. They have ranked these cities into ... Read More
Can India's Population be Controlled?
Friday October 19, 2007
My friend Joshua and I were talking today about the state of the population and social situation in India versus China. I mentioned India's prominently low ranking on the ... Read More
10 Great Places and 10 Great Streets in America
Thursday October 18, 2007
The American Planning Association has inaugurated a listing of ten "places of exemplary character, quality, and planning" in the United State. The listing of places includes locales in Austin, ... Read More
New Animated Map
Wednesday October 17, 2007
Maps of War has produced another animated map. This latest map, the History of Religion (requires Shockwave) shows 5000 years of world religious history in 90 seconds. Enjoy! ... Read More
New Security Council Members
Tuesday October 16, 2007
The United Nations General Assembly has just approved the selection of Libya, Vietnam, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica and Croatia to join the Security Council on January 1, 2008. These ... Read More
Branches of Geography
Sunday October 14, 2007
My latest article is an overview of dozens of branches of geography. Get a feel for the wonders of geography by exploring its many sub-disciplines.
Al Gore and U.N. Panel Receive Nobel Peace Prize
Friday October 12, 2007
Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in Oslo, Norway for their work on informing the world about ... Read More
An American Girl in Riyadh
Friday October 12, 2007
The U.S. State Department has started a new blog called Dipnote that chronicles the activities of the State Department in a less-official capacity than news briefings and press releases. ... Read More
Distribution of Mosquito Nets Hampered
Thursday October 11, 2007
The International Herald Tribune reports on the attempts to distribute mosquito nets in Africa to reduce the number of malaria victims across the continent. Unfortunately, the distribution of nets ... Read More
Georgia to Become 2nd Strongest U.S. Ally in Iraq?
Tuesday October 9, 2007
The small Caucasus mountains country of Georgia has increased their troop strength in Iraq by more than double in an effort to help the United States fight the war on ... Read More
Two Great Resources
Tuesday October 9, 2007
Caitlin at GISLounge tells of two fantastic new resources online, 1) Google Maps Video Tours and 2) A free Garmin GPS Guide for Beginners.
San Andreas Fault
Monday October 8, 2007
Andrew Alden, the About.com Guide to Geology has compiled an incredible number of resources about the infamous San Andreas Fault on his site. Now, he's organized all of those ... Read More
Levittown's 60th
Sunday October 7, 2007
The original Levittown in Long Island celebrates its sixtieth birthday on Sunday. The 60 year-old development in suburban New York City was America's first massive suburban development. ... Read More
Sun Belt Growth at Universities
Sunday October 7, 2007
American universities and colleges in the Sun Belt states of the south and west are growing by leaps and bounds as students see moving to warmer climates as an enticing ... Read More
East Sea or Sea of Japan?
Sunday October 7, 2007
It's been more than six years since a extensive South Korean campaign began to get geographers and cartographers to change the name of the Sea of Japan to the East ... Read More
Total Fertility Rate
Sunday October 7, 2007
The total fertility rate of a country or population within a country speaks volumes about its demographic status and future. Learn all about total fertility rate in my latest ... Read More
Curitiba, Brazil - Sustainable City
Tuesday October 2, 2007
I first learned about Curitiba, Brazil and its amazing efforts toward becoming a sustainable city and providing amazing services to their citizens when I worked as a GIS and planning ... Read More
Nokia Buying Navteq
Monday October 1, 2007
Finland-based global cellular phone maker Nokia is buying map data company Navteq for U.S. $8.1 billion. The acquisition is expected to allow Nokia to expand the use of GPS ... Read More
Burma or Myanmar
Monday October 1, 2007
The news from Myanmar is not good. Interestingly, Burma changed its name from Burma to Myanmar back in 1989 but the United States government has yet to follow the ... Read More