Megaregions of the United States
Wednesday December 30, 2009
The organization America 2050 has some fascinating content on their site about what they term Megaregions of the huge population cores of the United States and their peripheries. The ... Read More
Mapping Climate Change
Tuesday December 29, 2009
Time features an article about climatologists who are merging small-scale topographic maps of climate zones with climate change data. The results of this work allow scientists to see what ... Read More
New Quiz
Sunday December 27, 2009
Test your geographic skill with my latest ten-question geography quiz! Good luck!
Why Do You Love Where You Live?
Saturday December 26, 2009
What is it about the place you live that is special? What makes it home? Tell us what makes the town or city where you live worth living ... Read More
Chavez Wants to Rename Angel Falls
Tuesday December 22, 2009
Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall at 3,212 feet (979 meters), might be reverting to its indigenous name. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez would prefer Angel Falls to be called ... Read More
Introducing Jessica Karpilo
Monday December 21, 2009
I am pleased to introduce Jessica Karpilo as the Spring 2010 Geography at About.com Intern. Jessica is currently a sophomore studying geography and journalism at the University of Denver ... Read More
The Tropics
Monday December 21, 2009
Contributing Writer Amanda Briney has written two exhaustive overviews of the tropics - the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Learn about these two important lines of ... Read More
10 Most Important Things to Know About North Korea
Sunday December 20, 2009
Contributing Writer Amanda Briney provides this fantastic geographical overview of North Korea that consists of the 10 Most Important Things to Know About North Korea. It's a great overview ... Read More
Singapore Makes Room for New Graves
Friday December 18, 2009
By law, in Singapore, graves must be exhumed after 15 years to make room for new graves in the densely populated microstate. The bones are cremated and then deposited ... Read More
Is Geography the New History?
Thursday December 17, 2009
A fantastic article from Robert Butler discusses the importance of geography in understanding and putting into context the events of the world and our obviously changing environment. Titled Is ... Read More
Winter or Summer Begins Next Monday
Wednesday December 16, 2009
At precisely 12:47 p.m. Eastern Standard Time next Monday, December 21 (17:47 UTC) winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere and summer begins in the Southern Hemisphere! Discover what happens ... Read More
Abkhazia Now Recognized by Four Countries
Wednesday December 16, 2009
The Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia was recognized on Tuesday as independent by the Pacific Ocean island country of Nauru. Nauru follows Russia, Venezuela, and Nicaragua in recognizing Abkhazia. ... Read More
India Will Be World's Largest Country in 2025
Tuesday December 15, 2009
New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that India will surpass China in population to become the world's largest country by 2025, which is about five years earlier ... Read More
Hunger Strike Leads to Possible New State
Thursday December 10, 2009
The hunger strike of local politician K. Chandrasekhar Rao has apparently been effective. Rao feels that the economically productive Indian region surrounding the city of Hyderabad should become ... Read More
Most Corrupt and Least Corrupt Countries of the World
Wednesday December 9, 2009
Transparency International has released their annual listing of countries ranked by level of perceived corruption. The United States ranked 19th, immediately following the United Kingdom and Japan.
The five least ... Read More
Jerusalem - Capital of Two Countries?
Tuesday December 8, 2009
The foreign ministers of the European Union countries agreed to a proposal that calls for Jerusalem to be made the capital of Israel and a Palestinian state.
World's "Smartest" Cities
Friday December 4, 2009
Urban expert Joel Kotkin at newgeography has published a listing of the world's "smartest" cities. Kotkin defines smart cities as, "not only by looking at infrastructure and livability, but ... Read More
Rwanda Joins Commonwealth of Nations
Tuesday December 1, 2009
Rwanda has become the second country without any historic ties to the United Kingdom to join the Commonwealth of Nations (the first was Mozambique). Rwanda had close ties to ... Read More