Human Interest

Landmark study finds toxic air, water, soils and workplaces kill at least 9m people and cost trillions of dollars every year

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Skeptics say if you hand cash to the impoverished, they'll mismanage it. But it turns out, many poor people are great at saving — thanks to this ingenious system.

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The map above is tube / subway style map of the major Roman roads around 125 AD. It is the amazing work of Sasha Trubetskoy and is largely based off the ORBIS model and The Pelagios Project.

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Senate inquiry starts as report into political, military and humanitarian risks of climate change across Asia Pacific released

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Song: Midnight - Caravan Palace Applications: - Google Earth Pro - Adobe After Effects CC Locations: - 0:09 New York, USA - 0:17 Namib Desert, Namibia

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"The [importance of this study is that it] examines the dynamic between geography and area studies through their distinct understandings of space. As I argue, the dominance of the regional concept in geography, which took the multiple ways of bounding space as its central problematic, was reduced in area studies rendering of global space. This study assesses the transformation of geography during the two decades before and after the Second World War. This era was one of contrasts. On the one hand, geography was central to the war effort and in the creation of post-war programs, most notably area studies. On the other, this era also marked the relative marginalization of geography as a discipline in higher education."

 

Tags: education, geography, geography education, geopolitics, historical.

Footage has been captured in southern California of possibly the world's worst traffic jam during the great US Thanksgiving getaway.

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The days of easy growth in the world’s cities are over, and how they respond to demographic shifts will influence their prosperity.

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Scientists in Brazil are preparing to release millions of factory-bred mosquitoes in an attempt to wipe out their distant cousins that carry tropical diseases. The insects' method: have sex and then die.

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Tweet Share on Facebook Share Share Email Pin Pocket Flipboard Do you remember GeoGuessr? It’s the most popular and addictive geo-game out there. There are quite of lot of other cool games but GeoGuessr was always ‘the one to rule them all’. Recently I came across a game that might be similarly addictive. Where in the World is …

Via Lilydale High School, Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks

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The fast-growing and affluent neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca will host much of the 2016 Olympic Games.

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Three-quarters of flying insects in nature reserves across Germany have vanished in 25 years, with serious implications for all life on Earth, scientists say

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Land clearing in Queensland is the highest it has been in the last 10 years, researchers say, with the issue set to be a major battleground in the state election.

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The human impact on this planet has been huge in a relatively small period of time. These images help us picture the impact beyond the science

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What happens Pyongyang fell? 

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The four changes of the seasons, related to the position of sunlight on the planet, are captured in this view from Earth orbit.

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THE WORLD CLOCK - This minute 250 babies will be born, 100 people will die, 20 violent crimes will be committed, and the US debt will climb $1 million. The World Clock tells more than just time. It shows a live picture of our changing world.

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Uluru has 400,000 visitors a year of which 80% respect the request to not climb the rock.  Some tour operators see this as a missed opportunity to make more money.   Aborigines see Uluru a

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In May 2016, the reservoir behind Hoover Dam reached its lowest level since the 1930s.

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