2001 Articles by date | Articles by topic

11/03/01 - Guano Island Act
Discover why the U.S.A. enacted a law to annex islands around the world that contain bird droppings.

09/10/01 - Island Boundaries and the International Date Line
Kiribati's zig-zag change to the International Date Line didn't last for long - the boundary has reverted to the old line. Discover why!

08/18/01 - Hurricane
An overview of the terrible storms known as hurricanes. Find out how they are born and die.

07/28/01 - Zoning
A brief overview of zoning history in the United States.

07/13/01 - Beijing - 2008 Summer Olympic Games
Beijing is selected as the site of the 2008 Summer Games. Learn more about this historic capital of China.

06/30/01 - You Are Where You Live
The Claritas demographic and marketing system PRIZM sorts the ZIP Codes of the United States into 62 different clusters.

06/14/01 - Essential Places for Every Geographer
Have you ever longed for a checklist of places every good geographer should visit and experiences every good geographer should have? Well, I've compiled such a list!

05/23/01 - Intertidal Zone
Land, ocean, and air meet at the intertidal zone, where the coast is rich with life.

05/03/01 - ITCZ
Discover the fascinating Intertropical Convergence Zone or ITCZ, a zone of trade wind convergence and excessive precipitation.

04/13/01 - Gregorian Calendar
While Julius Caesar's Julian calendar proved useful, it was inaccurate. Learn all about the change to the Gregorian calendar of 1582 created by Pope Gregory XIII.

03/30/01 - Thomas Malthus on Population
Thomas Robert Malthus is the patron saint of demography; he thought that human population increases much faster than agricultural production, thus the end result is inescapable misery and poverty.

03/16/01 - Gravity Model
The gravity model can predict the flow of people, goods, or communication between any two places. It's based on Newton's Law of Gravitation and modified for spatial use.

03/09/01 - Mount Pinatubo Eruption
A decade ago, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines killed hundreds of people and damaged thousands of homes. The volcano also had an profound effect on the earth's climate for several years following the eruption.

03/02/01 - Peters Projection vs. Mercator Projection
The great debate of cartography centers on the controversy surrounding these two projections. Discover both sides of the issue and find out why it's really quite bizarre.

02/23/01 - Ellen Churchill Semple
Ellen Churchill Semple was America's first influential female geographer. Explore Semple's life and scholarship in this fantastic biographical article.

02/16/01 - Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 to Divide Africa
From November 1884 to February 1885, European countries met in Berlin to divide Africa among themselves to colonize the continent.

02/09/01 - The Rock Cycle
Discover how igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks are created and how they can be recycled as part of the rock cycle of the earth's crust.

02/02/01 - Cheng Ho - Eunuch Explorer
As a teenager, Cheng Ho was captured and forced to become a eunuch slave. Find out how he became China's greatest explorer and admiral.

01/26/01 - Tides of the Earth's Oceans
An overview of the effects of lunar and solar gravity upon the earth's oceans and even its crust.

01/12/01 - Largest Cities Through History
The largest city of the world over the last five thousand years along with lists of the ten largest cities for the years 100, 1000, 1500, 1800, 1900, and 1950.

01/06/01 - Oxbow Lakes
Discover the fascinating truth behind oxbow lakes, billabongs, and bayous.

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