Aug 02 2011

Forty-One Percent of U.S. Abnormally Dry

Tag: Food,Heat Waves,Maps,Meteorology,Summer — Tim Wall @ 6:53 pm
Conditions are the driest they have been in 12 years since the Drought Monitor began keeping tabs on parched regions around the United States.

Jul 22 2011

Exhibit Visualizes the Journey of Discarded Electronics

Tag: Computers,Desktop Computers,Digital Cameras,Electronic Art,Electronics,EWaste,Maps,Visual Arts — Nic Halverson @ 1:33 pm
MIT researchers develop tracking system that shows paths of discarded, recycled electronics.

Jul 18 2011

Giant Lost Island Found on Atlantic Seafloor

Tag: Acoustics,Maps,Oceanography,Plate Tectonics — Tim Wall @ 2:21 pm
A long lost island in the North Atlantic Ocean sits on the seafloor, but rivers and mountains and other remnants of its time at the surface remain etched on its features.

Jul 08 2011

Pinocchio’s Real Roots Mapped

Tag: History,History by Geography,Literature,Maps — Rossella Lorenzi @ 12:30 pm
New research reveals the real-life places behind the fictional Pinocchio in Carlo Collodi's classic tale.

Jul 05 2011

Past 30 Years Warmer on Average in U.S.

Tag: Animal Behavior,Climate Change,Global Warming,Maps,Meteorology — Tim Wall @ 7:58 pm
The new averages will soon be incorporated into an updated climate zone map of the United States for distribution on the back of seed packets.

Jun 03 2011

Sickweather Maps the Health of Your Friends

Tag: Communication,Flu,H1N1,Health,Infectious Diseases,Maps,Online Community and Social Networking — Emad Hanna @ 1:14 am
Imagine the awkward social dynamics, the many ‘un-friendings’ that will ensue.

Mar 22 2011

A Map of the World’s Top Science Cities

Tag: Apps,Maps,Visual Arts — Amy Dusto @ 1:45 pm
The key isn't just quantity (how many papers get published) but quality (how often they're cited).

Mar 06 2011

Map Reveals Climate Change Injustice

Tag: Animal Behavior,Carbon Emissions,Climate Change,Global Warming,Maps,Pollution,Weather — Tim Wall @ 12:59 pm
A new map points out populations facing the greatest climate trouble.

Feb 11 2011

What’s Living Where on the Seafloor?

Tag: Antarctica,Biodiversity,Maps,Oceanography,Zoology — Christina Reed @ 3:08 pm
Ocean modelers are tracking the denizens of the deep from the deluge of data collected during the Census of Marine Life.

Jan 11 2011

EarthObserver: A Planet in Your Pocket

Tag: Climate Change,Everyday Science,Geophysics,Maps,Meteorology,Oceanography,Plate Tectonics,Student Science,Volcanic Eruptions,Water,Weather — John D. Cox @ 7:30 pm
Great new -- free -- earth science software applications for the iPad and iPhone-iPod Touch have been developed by scientists and software engineers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University.
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