Geography
How Human Actions Change the Physical Environment
A lot of effort goes into keeping maps and GIS data up-to-date. Things like country borders may change fairly frequently, but it might not seem like things like physical, topographical features would really require that much updating, right? Short of advancements in creating more accurate maps, it’s pretty reasonable to assume that the physical environment [...]
Ancient pluvial lakes of North America and what they can tell us about climate change
Areas that are now some of the harshest deserts environments were once deep lakes and lush marsh systems. This dramatic change is sometimes difficult to imagine, especially to an unwitting observer standing in the middle of windblown salt flat with no vegetation in sight. However, these landscapes are scattered with distinctive remnants of their curious [...]
Various Forms of Carbon Sequestration: Helping the Overloaded Carbon Cycle
In order to comprehend how the overloaded carbon cycle can be helped, it is relatively significant to understand what carbon sequestration actually is. Carbon sequestration is actually the process of capturing the Carbon Dioxide and collecting it. This is normally done from the atmosphere and in various ways. The carbon dioxide is usually stored in [...]
Animation of Southern Lights (Aurora Australis)
NASA’s IMAGE satellite captured an amazing light show of the southern lights (aurora australis) back in 2005. The event was recorded on September 11, 2005, four days after a solar flare sent an ionized gas of protons and electrons known as plasma towards the earth. The solar storm generated a ring of light observed in the animation. [...]
Geography of Book Bans
The banning of books and censorship for political gain is unfortunately a common practice around the world. Wikipedia maintains an alphabetical list of banned books by government (although the list is incomplete). In 1978, Dickson Otieno, a teacher at Nyandarua High School in Kenya, was jailed for 18 months for carrying banned Chinese publications. The three books [...]