New Baby Boom, Continued
Thursday January 29, 2009
Additional statistics are pointing the a new Baby Boom in the United States. The official statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics report that more babies were born ... Read More
Baby Name Mapper
Wednesday January 28, 2009
Thanks to the atlas(t) blog, I discovered the very interesting Baby Name Mapper which allows you to type in a name and obtain the geographical history of the name since ... Read More
Acid Rain
Wednesday January 28, 2009
Amanda Briney's latest article is an overview of the history, causes, and effects of acid rain. Check it out!
Water Wars
Saturday January 24, 2009
An article in the TimesOnline looks at the availability of water in the world. The article also quotes a geographer who studied 8000 wars over the past 500 years ... Read More
Stange Place Names and Street Names
Saturday January 24, 2009
In yet another feature on strange place names of the world, The New York Times begins its story from none other than the town of Crapstone in the U.K.
New Fertility Data for Zero or Negative Growth Countries
Saturday January 24, 2009
The Population Reference Bureau provides an updated chart of total fertility rate for countries with very low fertility rates. The lowest total fertility rates among the measured countries are ... Read More
Temperature Inversion Layers
Saturday January 24, 2009
We often hear the term inversion layer but many often wonder what it means. Learn all about inversion layers and their impact on local climate, especially on smog, in ... Read More
The Benefits of Multiple Passports
Thursday January 22, 2009
The New York Times has an interesting article about the benefits of holding multiple passports as dual or triple-nationalities becomes more and more common.
Exemption for One Child Law
Wednesday January 21, 2009
Following the catastrophic earthquake last May in China, the government relaxed the One Child Law and is allowing couples who lost a child in the earthquake to have a new ... Read More
The Capital of Israel
Saturday January 17, 2009
Stuart wrote, "Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel, not Jerusalem. My son wanted a webpage that listed national capitals and quite a number make this same mistake. No country's ... Read More
Ancient Civilizations Cities on Fault Zones
Friday January 16, 2009
A study in the journal Geoarchaeology that is reported upon by LiveScience reports that ten of twelve major cities that were the core of ancient civilizations were built on major ... Read More
What Will Save the Suburbs?
Friday January 16, 2009
A New York Times blog post on design called What Will Save the Suburbs? about the problems of the suburbs is itself good reading but I want to point out ... Read More
Global Warming and the Sierra Nevada
Thursday January 15, 2009
The Sacramento Bee has a special website devoted to global warming and its impact on the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In-depth reporting by the Bee discusses the meting of Sierra ... Read More
EU Art Angers Members
Thursday January 15, 2009
The Czech Republic, this year's acting president of the European Union, commissioned a piece of art from one of their most controversial artists and the result was, not surprisingly, controversial. ... Read More
Nahwa: Exclave Within an Exclave
Tuesday January 13, 2009
Thanks to reader Ian who brought to my attention the very unusual situation of Nahwa, an exclave of the United Arab Emirates which consists of 40 homes surrounded by an ... Read More
Great Circle Routes
Monday January 12, 2009
A great circle is a circle that circles the earth and passes through the center of the earth, dividing the earth into two equal hemispheres. Let Amanda teach you ... Read More
Frederick Law Olmstead
Saturday January 10, 2009
Frederick Law Olmstead is known as the father of landscape architecture and is responsible for the design of countless parks, university campuses, and other important and historic sites around North ... Read More
73% of U.S. Population Overwieght or Obese
Saturday January 10, 2009
The latest National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in the United States has found at 72.9% of the country's population is overweight, obese, or extremely obese. The big news ... Read More
Will Birth Rates Drop During the Recession?
Saturday January 10, 2009
The Population Reference Bureau has an interesting post about how birth rates drop during challenging economic times. They report that in the United States, total fertility rates dropped to ... Read More
Rainforests
Thursday January 8, 2009
Amanda's latest article is an overview of the world's rainforests, those regions of the earth that are diverse in their flora and fauna thanks to abundant precipitation. The article ... Read More
Huge Map Used to Plan Inauguration
Wednesday January 7, 2009
A 40-foot by 40-foot map of Washington D.C. is being used by officials to plan the January 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. The giant map shows the precise ... Read More
Moving Around
Wednesday January 7, 2009
One of my favorite demographers, Wendell Cox, analyzes recent U.S. Census Bureau data on migration within the United States. He has an interesting perspective on the movement of people ... Read More
New BBC Gaza Map
Wednesday January 7, 2009
The BBC has produced a new map that shows the last 24 hours of military activity in and around the Gaza region and southern Israel. Also included are a ... Read More
BBC Gaza Map
Sunday January 4, 2009
The BBC provides an updated map of the conflict in Gaza showing locations of attacks and ground forces, based on the available information. For additional maps of the region, ... Read More
Historic Preservation
Friday January 2, 2009
In an effort to protect buildings of significant historical cultural value, historic preservation laws have been established. Learn all about historic preservation through this great overview from Amanda.
Most Literate Cities Ranked
Thursday January 1, 2009
Researchers have developed yet another ranking list of U.S. cities. This list is a list of the "most literate" cities in the United States based on book purchases, newspaper ... Read More
Geography Clip Art
Thursday January 1, 2009
For those with geographical websites or anyone who needs a cute graphic for a PowerPoint presentation, I present a collection of geographical clip art for your use.
Swidden (a.k.a. Slash and Burn)
Thursday January 1, 2009
Some estimate that up to 500 million people on earth rely on the subsistence nature of swidden, also known as slash and burn agriculture, to produce crops. What is ... Read More
The Jet Stream
Thursday January 1, 2009
The jet stream has a major impact on the world's weather and on fight times. Did you know that the use of the jet stream by commercial airlines began ... Read More