Aral Sea Rebirth?
Thursday October 29, 2009
The Aral Sea, located on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan might not be dying as quickly as it once was and might even be coming back to life. ... Read More
Russia's Time Zones
Wednesday October 28, 2009
A Russian lawmaker has proposed that Russia's far eastern time zone be modified so that instead of being seven hours ahead of Moscow, it would be a mere four. ... Read More
Largest Newspaper Circulation
Monday October 26, 2009
A new report on the newspaper circulation numbers of the largest newspapers in the United States reveal that newspaper circulation is in decline. According to the Los Angeles Times: ... Read More
Geography of Hunger
Friday October 23, 2009
Despite a worldwide effort to cut the number of hungry people around the world, as part of the Millennium Development Goals, the number of hungry people worldwide rose more than ... Read More
Population Pyramids
Thursday October 22, 2009
The Population Reference Bureau is now on YouTube and they've produced their first video on population pyramids. Its subtitle is "Population Concepts Explained in Under 10 Minutes" and that's ... Read More
Two New Articles
Wednesday October 21, 2009
There are two new articles up today. The first is an overview of population geography from Contributing Writer Amanda Briney. The second is about the topic of rangelands ... Read More
Ancient Roman Population Revisited
Wednesday October 21, 2009
Researchers who looked at the distribution of buried coins (in lieu of savings accounts) in the ancient world has led to new population data for the Roman Empire. The ... Read More
Five Countries Elected to UN Security Council
Thursday October 15, 2009
Five countries were elected by the United Nations General Assembly to serve two-year terms on the Security Council, beginning January 1, 2010. The five new Security Council members are ... Read More
New Geography Quiz
Thursday October 15, 2009
That's right folks, it's time for another new geography quiz. Today's new quiz is a fifteen question quiz a special bonus question (OK, I came up with sixteen questions ... Read More
Economic Problems to Cause Census 2010 Challenges
Wednesday October 14, 2009
U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves is concerned about the ability to conduct an accurate Census 2010 due to the nation's economic difficulties. The large number of home foreclosures and ... Read More
Tall Building News
Wednesday October 14, 2009
Citizens of St. Petersburg are protesting a decision by city officials to permit the construction of what would be one of the world's tallest buildings. The skyscraper, to house ... Read More
Balkanization of the United States
Friday October 9, 2009
Geography blogger Catholicgauze reports on an effort by Russians to forecast the breakup of the United States and North America into small individual constituent countries. Perhaps those of the ... Read More
Geography Awareness Week
Thursday October 8, 2009
Geography Awareness Week is just over a month away! Geography Awareness Week will be celebrated from Sunday, November 15 through Saturday, November 21, 2009. This year's Geography Awareness Week ... Read More
Geography of Facebook
Thursday October 8, 2009
CNN reports on how Facebook determines which country a specific places is located within. Facebook users choose their location from a pre-approved listing, which is based upon the geographic ... Read More
World Muslim Population
Thursday October 8, 2009
A new study found that about 23% of the world's population is Muslim. According to the study, "Mapping the Global Muslim Population," by the Pew Forum on Religion & ... Read More
Rio de Janeiro to Host 2016 Summer Olympic Games
Friday October 2, 2009
The International Olympic Committee announced today in Copenhagen, Denmark that the host city for the XXXI 2016 Summer Olympic Games will be Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The four final ... Read More
Yugoslavia Domain Name Disappears
Thursday October 1, 2009
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has replaced the .yu country code top-level domain from the Internet for Yugoslavia. The .yu domain, which was scheduled to ... Read More