Geography Basics
Physical Geography
Rainbows and moonbows occur when light is refracted through drops of water in the sky. Barrier islands are narrow stretches of land that run parallel to coastlines.Exploring Rainbows and Moonbows
Barrier Islands in the United States
Human Geography
Researchers have calculated that 2020 is the year that the mass of human-made materials exceeded the mass of all living organisms on Earth.The World’s Human-Made Materials Weigh as Much as All Life on Earth
Maps and GIS
One research lab in Japan is looking at using marine life to collect 3D geospatial data about the ocean floor. When you finish this delight of a book, you feel that the history of the mapping of Rome can stand as the very paradigm of the history of pre-digital cartography itself.Using Stingrays to Map the Ocean Floor
Review | The Eternal City: A History of Rome in Maps
Geography Books
Time in Maps is a sumptuously-illustrated large-sized book that serves as a celebration of the development of GIS. A millennium and a half ago, or so, if you wanted to break away from the western Roman Empire, you simply called in the barbarians.Review: Time in Maps
Review | The Selected Letters of Cassiodorus: A Sixth-Century Sourcebook
