Geography January 2008 Archive

The American Geophysical Union has revised their statement on Human Impacts on Climate and the revised statement includes some strong wording, "The Earth's climate is now clearly out of balance ... Read More

The Maps of War site provides a new map, the March of Democracy. It's not as wonderful as previous offerings from Maps of War but it's interesting and entertaining ... Read More

Zimbabwe has issued a new high-denomination bank note - ten million Zimbabwe dollars. The $10 million currency is worth about four U.S. dollars and was issued due to out-of-control ... Read More

The Intelligent Community Forum announced its listing of the seven most intelligent communities in the world. This year's list includes three cities in the United States along with cities ... Read More

According to the New York Times, both the United States and Germany would recognize Kosovo as an independent country if it declares independence from Serbia. It is possible that ... Read More

As of January 1, two new countries began using the euro as their primary currency - Cyprus and Malta. This brings the total number of euro countries to twenty.

A English commission has announced that, "Geography is at a crucial period in its development" and that "more needs to be done to make the subject relevant and more engaging ... Read More

On January 11, Sir Edmund Hillary died at his home in New Zealand. Geography Intern Amanda Briney has a biographical sketch of Sir Edmund Hillary, the famous mountaineer and ... Read More

The U.S. Census Bureau has recently released the annual 2008 version of the Statistical Abstract of the United States. With 64 new statistical tables this year, the Statistical Abstract ... Read More

The Traveler IQ Challenge first feels like a fun geography game but as you play, you'll become frustrated with the difficulty in being precise enough to gain full points. Nonetheless, ... Read More

Attention recreational boaters! The Arctic Ocean could be ice-free during the summer as soon as 2013! The BBC reports on a presentation at the American Geophysical Union meeting ... Read More

Foreign Policy has a fun article that provides six New Year's resolution suggestions for world leaders. Including among the list of suggestees are Bush, Putin, Ahmadinejad, and Sarkozy.