Ice Loss in Antarctica
In the last six years, a 750 kilometer (466 mile) strip of Antarctica has been shedding ice into the ocean at a rate of about 60 cubic km each year according to data collected from Cryosat-2.
Rebecca Maxwell
Why Do We Blindly Follow Our GPS?
Stories abound of people blindly following GPS directions, leading to the term “death by GPS”. Why do people put so much faith in digital directions?
What is the Nationality of a Baby Born on an Airplane?
It is a question that confounds the most geographically and legally astute: what is the nationality of a baby born on an airplane?
Using Google Earth to Teach Math
Every math teacher knows the difficulty in trying to convince their students why math matters. It is often hard to see that math is useful … Read more
Reducing Climate Change Could Be More Difficult in the Future
A recent study has declared that limiting climate change in the future could be more difficult due to shifting conditions in the Amazon forest. The … Read more
Mapping Carbon in the Amazon
In order to produce the most detailed carbon maps of the Amazon, researchers turned to remote sensing, specifically satellite imagery and LiDAR.
How Mental Map Development Affects How We Perceive the Visual World Around Us
A new study from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, is challenging the way scientists look at the brain’s visual system.
New Study Discovers the Worst Drought of the Millennium Occurred in 1934
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the worst drought of the last thousand years occurred in 1934 at the height of the … Read more
New Record Extent of Sea Ice in Antarctica
The polar regions of the Earth, the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica, are of particular concern to scientists and researchers. In one sense, these areas act … Read more
Melt Ponds and the Prediction of Ice Melt
One of the biggest environmental concerns is that of global climate change. Symptoms of major shifts in the Earth’s climate are everywhere from the melting … Read more
An Ocean of Mountains
With the help of satellite technology, a team of American and European researchers recently announced that they have discovered thousands of new mountains on the ocean floor.
Mind Over Map: How Our Concepts of Reality Affect Map Making and Vice Versa
The nature of maps as portrayals of the world mean that they can both represent physical reality but also create it at the same time.
Travel through Time with New York City’s Maps
The New York City Public Library is expanding geographical knowledge and experiences with its new online map warping tool with access to over 10,000 historical … Read more
Carless Cities
Cities are seeing growing problems with smog and the resulting health effects, noise pollutions, and motor vehicle related fatalities. A few cities have already put restrictions on the number of automobile in an effort to build a carless city.