An online discussion on the Linguistic Geography of Sindhi Language was held at Sindhi Language Authority (SLA) on Wednesday. Dr Noor Chandiyo, Professor of Geography and Environment at Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, talking part n online discussion, said that environment was a big and long-scale term, while weather was a part of environment, similar […]
挪威的埃格尔松德岩脉系统形成于6亿多年前的埃迪卡拉纪时期。在一项新的研究中，研究人员从图中所示的岩脉中钻取岩石样本，以了解更多关于地球磁场历史的信息。图片来源：Yi Xue，CC BY 3.0
If I know a person's location, that's enough for me to estimate distances in my head using timezones faster than Google Maps loads.
Maps often change. Here is why seven nations rebranded in the 21st century.
Americans are widely known to be ignorant about the rest of the world: many can’t even point out foreign countries on a... Read the full masterpiece
The post We Asked 5 Americans if They Could Spot the Difference Between the Australian and New Zealand Flags, and They Just Started Crying and Asked for Healthcare appeared first on HARDTIMES.
On humble objects, deep time, and the breath of the people we have loved.
And more fun facts about the U.S.-Canada border.
The post People are bewildered to learn that half of Canada lives south of North Dakota appeared first on Upworthy.
The Egersund dike system in Norway formed more than 600 million years ago, during the Ediacaran period. In new work, researchers drilled rock samples from the dike seen here to learn more about the history of Earth’s magnetic field. Credit: Yi Xue, CC BY 3.0
New research suggests that the location of reforestation efforts may matter more than their extent. Credit: redcharlie/Unsplash
First and foremost we are wine lovers! The Académie du Vin Library was founded by Steven Spurrier and friends, dedicated to publishing the finest wine writing of the past, the present and the future. The story behind the name came from Steven’s days in Paris in the 1970s, when he began running wine appreciation courses ... Read more
The post THE SMART TRAVELLER’S WINE GUIDES first appeared on My…
From There I Ruined It, a version of Toto’s Africa but the lyrics are a listing of every country in Africa. They should teach this in American middle schools, not even joking.
See also Coach from Cheers singing Al-ban-i-a (a song that pops into my head every time I read or hear about that county):
Tags: Africa · geography · remix
Per Betteridge’s law of headlines and also the map above, my answer is clearly no. You can try it yourself here…you draw them one at a time and it adds them to the map automagically. I’m going to blame my trackpad use a little, but I’m not sure I would have done much better had I drawn with a pencil and looked a map beforehand.
Update: Your periodic reminder that Senator Al Franken can draw…
_Culex_ mosquito larvae cluster together underwater. The genus is the chief insect vector for West Nile virus in the United States. Credit: Gross, 2006, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040101. © 2006 Public Library of Science, CC BY 4.0