Geography News: September 18, 2019
This week’s geography news features learning how to be a climate detective, how fish larvae float across borders, and why native Caribbean fish love hurricanes.
Studies Show Acid Rain May Make Trees Thirstier
The Forest Service created an artificial environment in a forest in West Virginia to study how acid rain could influence processes in that forest.
Himalayan Glacier Melt Mapped By Analyzing Old Spy Photographs
Declassified Cold War-era spy satellite photographs have shown how much the melting of hundreds of Himalayan glaciers has accelerated in recent decades.
Africa’s First Vertical Urban Forest
Vertical forests are buildings that integrate natural resources like trees, shrubs, and food-producing plants into spaces that can also be used as housing or offices.
What’s on the Other Side of the World?
The spot diametrically opposed to a location on Earth is called the antipode.
These Two Satellite Images Highlight the Disappearance of a Glacier
Okjökull was once a large glacier in Iceland located in western Iceland on top of the volcanic mountain Ok.
Cartopareidolia: Seeing People and Animals in Maps
Cartopareidolia is the phenomenon of seeing people and animals in maps.
The Wide Impact of Tropical Cyclone Idai
The effects of Tropical cyclone Idai were felt as far south as South Africa
How Climate Change is Affecting Tick Season
As the global climate warms, it is more likely that some ticks will remain active through the warmer winters and can expand their habitats into new areas.
The First Color Images of the Earth from Space
The first color photographs of the full-disk view of the Earth were taken in 1967
These Two Species Are No Longer Extinct
Recently, two formerly extinct species were separately discovered to still be living.
