This #WorldHealthDay, we look at #ClimateChange as a public health emergency. From cold-related deaths over infectious diseases to air pollution: Let’s talk about 3 overlooked health risks that go beyond the usual headlines.
This #WorldHealthDay, we look at #ClimateChange as a public health emergency. From cold-related deaths over infectious diseases to air pollution: Let’s talk about 3 overlooked health risks that go beyond the usual headlines.
@walkinglampshade @abhijithb21 @Sven_Holger_Wolf @Dianora
Or call it #LFN / #UFN Cuz Union of Free Nations would sound more universal...
#Geography aside I'm confident #Canada complies with #EU #membership criteria well and could at least get associative status similar to #Turkey within a short time frame.
#OTD April 7, 1803, revolutionary Toussaint L'ouverture died. A former slave, he led the only successful slave revolt in modern history.
Click the link to find on a #map where he was born:
https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=76&type=q
People that use the hashtags #BoycottAmerica and #BuyCanadian or #BuyMexican don’t know much #geography.
#BoycottUSA to end #TrumpTaxes - aka #tariffs - and the imbecilic #TradeWar.
#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
@brian_gettler Before 1979 for sure. Actual flag checking needed for a better estimate. #geography #flags #history
This is the inside cover of our well-worn French dictionary (Petit Larousse illustré). But when was it published?
A book! A comic! A hybrid-book-comic-essay thing!
You know how you sometimes only look at the pictures when you buy an academic book? Well here you are ENCOURAGED to! The main arguments are in the comics, the text offers references, methods & background.
Available from EPFLPress & soon internationally via Chicago University Press (pre-order available).
ICYMI: Scientists use magnetic minerals, fossil records, and innovative mapping to reconstruct our planet's 4-billion-year geological #history. You can trace the movement of continents from ancient Pangea to today's landscape, explaining how our world has constantly reshaped itself.
Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/magnetite-and-moving-maps-tracking-4-billion-years-of-plate-tectonics
Scientists use magnetic minerals, fossil records, and innovative mapping to reconstruct our planet's 4-billion-year geological #history. You can trace the movement of continents from ancient Pangea to today's landscape, explaining how our world has constantly reshaped itself.
Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/magnetite-and-moving-maps-tracking-4-billion-years-of-plate-tectonics
This one was tough! Scrambled Maps and unscrambled the map of Garissa, Kenya in 36 moves (6 x 6 map). Visit https://tripgeo.com/scrambledmaps/garissa-ke
Mono Lake and the Owens Valley today. Image credit Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District. For more information https://www.gbuapcd.org/District/AboutUs/ and #nps #nationalparks #usfs #nationalforests #interpretation #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #newtopographics #geology #geography #clouds #california #airquality #mountains #snow #lakes #infrastructure #monolake
North America is ‘dripping’ down into Earth’s mantle, scientists discover | Live Science…
Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent... #geology #platetectonics #geoscience #northamerica #geography
This month's quiz questions are now on the blog. This time around on geography.
This remote community of about 100 is caught in the Canada-U.S. trade war
The 100 or so year-round residents of Northwest Angle, Minn., are closely watching the Canada-U.S. trade war and threats of annexation. Outside of Alaska, it’s the only part of the United States that's north of the 49th parallel, and only exists ...
#trade #politics #geography #war #Canada #US
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/this-remote-community-of-about-100-is-caught-in-the-canada-u-s-trade-war-1.7500374?cmp=rss
#EveryCountryIsUnique puzzle 614
Which country is the only one in the world with these 3 properties?
- Its name has at most 5 letters
- Has a population less than 3M
- Is in Asia
Answer in the comments with a Content Warning! #Geography #Quiz
Has anybody used #Glottolog data?
It is a database of languoids, that is, it contains information on dialects, languages and language families globally, their geographical "ranges", and inter-language relations, and has potential for some pretty cool analyses. Awesome #OpenData for sure. However, I am unsure how it compares to #WALS or #Ethnologue data.
So many people learning about Heard and McDonald islands for the first time today.
I use them as an example of why you cannot just use the ISO countries list wholesale in a business taxonomy.
https://www.europesays.com/1964809/ Carbon removal beyond the trees #CarbonAndEnergy #EarthSciences #Environment #general #geography #psychology